⁸ 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) 9} 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.”