Genesis 43:9

9 I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. ^tIf I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

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Genesis 42:37
Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”

Genesis 44:32
For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’

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