What Does “Surety” Mean in the Bible?
Someone who promises to answer for another: if the other fails, he pays. Judah made himself surety for Benjamin.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 44:32
What the Bible says
Genesis 44:32
Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “fiador”