What Does Genesis 43:9 Mean?

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“I will be surety”

to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)

“for him of my hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“shalt thou require”

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

“him if”

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“I bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto thee and set”

to place permanently

“him before thee”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“then let me bear the blame”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“for ever”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso