Genesis 43:8

\43:9\Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

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In The King James 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.

In Context

7\43:8\Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

9\43:10\Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

Genesis 45:19And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

Genesis 50:21So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Numbers 14:31And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.

2 Kings 7:4If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

Ezra 8:21Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:2-11

Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:… Read the whole commentary →

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