Gen 43:9, 44:32, Neh 5:3, Pro 20:16, 27:13 | ESV | STEP | I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you , then let me bear the blame forever .

Genesis 43:9

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

Genesis 44:32

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

Nehemiah 5:3

3 There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.”

Proverbs 20:16

16 ^cTake a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and ^dhold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. ^{▼▼Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)}

Proverbs 27:13

13 ^fTake a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. ^{▼▼Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners}