8Then Judah said to Israel 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.


In Context

5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.' "

6 Israel asked, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?"

7 They replied, "The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. 'Is your father still living?' he asked us. 'Do you have another brother?' We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, 'Bring your brother down here'?"

8 Then Judah said to Israel 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.

9 I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

10 As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice."

Genesis 43:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:8And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:8And Juda said to his father: Send the bou with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:8And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:8And Judah said to 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 our little ones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:8And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:8And Judah said to 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:8Judah 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

43:8And Judah saith unto Israel his father, 'Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:8And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.