Commentary for Bava Batra 346:9

א"ר הונא מנין לערב דמשתעבד דכתיב (בראשית מג, ט) אנכי אערבנו מידי תבקשנו

— For it is written, <i>I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XLIII. 9. Thus spake Judah to Jacob in urging him to entrust Benjamin to him. ');">¹⁶</span> R. Hisda demurred: [This], surely was [an unconditional] assumption [of obligation],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'unconditional assumption of obligation', acceptance'. V. p. 765. n. 10. ');">¹⁷</span>

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