Derasha 1 on Mikeitz 43:9

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Complete Passuk

אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ מִיָּדִ֖י תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ אִם־לֹ֨א הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יו אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי לְךָ֖ כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I shall stand guilty before you forever.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Batra / Gittin discussions of arevut (suretyship).

Core Text of Chazal

אנכי אערבנו. אמר רב הונא, מניין לערב [קבלן] שמשתעבד, דכתיב אנכי אערבנו מידי תבקשנו.

English of Core Text: “I will be surety for him…” Rav Huna said: From where do we know that a surety who is a “kablan” becomes obligated? As it is written, “I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him.”

On the daf / in context: The Gemara distinguishes ordinary suretyship from the stronger form of kablan (one who says “give him and I will repay”), deriving the latter from Yehudah’s language.

Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (Bavli) — not a formal named middah of the 13; the sugya extracts a rule of arevut from Yehudah’s pledge.

What Is Learned: Yehudah’s formula “I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him” establishes the model of the kablan surety who becomes fully obligated.