Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children. I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable![a] If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you forever.(A) 10 If we had not wasted time, we could have come back twice by now.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:9 Lit can seek him from my hand

Then Judah(A) said to Israel(B) his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.(C) I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him.(D) If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame(E) before you all my life.(F) 10 As it is, if we had not delayed,(G) we could have gone and returned twice.”

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