Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 43:10
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If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
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For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
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for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”
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for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.
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Genesis 43
8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
9 I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
10 If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
12 Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
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