Genesis 44:32

44:32 Indeed, ¹  your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

Genesis 42:37

42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may ²  put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care ³  and I will bring him back to you.”

[44:32]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[42:37]  ² tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is permissive here.

[42:37]  ³ tn Heb “my hand.”