Genesis 43:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ The brothers answered, “He questioned us ·carefully [or specifically] about ourselves and our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We just answered his questions. How could we know he would ask us to bring our other brother to him?”

⁸ Then Judah said to his father ·Jacob [^LIsrael; 32:28], “Send ·Benjamin [^Lthe lad/child] with me, and we will ·go at once [^Lrise up and go] so that we, you, and our ·children [little ones] may live and not die. ⁹ I will ·guarantee you that he will be safe [^Lbe a guarantee for him], and I will be personally ·responsible [accountable] for him. If I don’t bring him back to you, ·you can blame me [^LI will be condemned before you] all my life.