(A)I myself will take responsibility for him! You may demand him back from [a]me. If I do not bring him back to you and present him to you, then [b]you can let me take the blame forever. 10 For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice.”

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your [c]bags, and carry down to the man (B)as a gift, a little (C)balsam and a little honey, labdanum resin and [d]myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:9 Lit my hand
  2. Genesis 43:9 Lit I will be culpable before you all the days
  3. Genesis 43:11 Or vessels
  4. Genesis 43:11 Or resinous bark

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