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Genesis 43:8-10
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 43:8-10
EasyEnglish Bible
8 Then Judah said to his father Jacob, ‘Agree to send the boy with me. We will go to Egypt immediately. Then all our family can continue to live. We will not die.[a] 9 I promise you to keep Benjamin safe. I myself will take care of him and I will bring him back to you. If I do not bring him back home, then you should say that I am guilty. I will be guilty for all of my life. 10 We must go now! We have already talked for too long. By now, we could have gone to Egypt and returned twice!’
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- 43:8 Judah says ‘we will not die’ because he would bring back food from Canaan. The famine would not kill them.
Genesis 43:8-10
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Genesis 43:8-10
New International Version
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.”
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