Sinai LogoSinai

Genesis 43:8

American Standard Version

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Read all of Genesis 43Open in the Sinai app

Genesis 43:8 in other translations

Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

Genesis 43:8 · World English Bible

Genesis 43:8 in context

  1. 6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
  2. 7And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
  3. 8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
  4. 9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
  5. 10for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.