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Genesis 44:34

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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

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  1. Genesis 44:32

    For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

  2. Genesis 44:33

    Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.