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Genesis 43:10

World English Bible

for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”

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Genesis 43:10 in other translations

for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

Genesis 43:10 · American Standard Version

Genesis 43:10 in context

  1. 8Judah 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.
  2. 9I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;
  3. 10for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”
  4. 11Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
  5. 12and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.