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.
Cross-references
Genesis 44:10 states the penalty that the guilty slave remains; Judah responds by offering to take that penalty instead of Benjamin.
Genesis 43:9 records Judah's promise to be surety for Benjamin; here he fulfills it by offering himself in Benjamin's place.
Exodus 32:32 shows Moses offering himself as a substitute for Israel, paralleling Judah's offer to take Benjamin's place as a slave.
Romans 9:3 reveals Paul's wish to be accursed for his kinsmen, echoing Judah's willingness to become a slave in Benjamin's stead.
1 John 3:16 defines love as laying down one's life for others, exemplified by Judah's offer to become a slave for Benjamin.
Proverbs 6:1 warns against becoming surety for another—contrasting Judah's voluntary substitution as a noble self-sacrifice.