10for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'


In Context

7 and they say, 'The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

8 And 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.

9 I — I am surety for him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee — then I have sinned against thee all the days;

10 for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

11 And Israel their father saith unto them, 'If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

12 and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it is an oversight.

Genesis 43:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

43:10As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:10If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:10for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:10For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:10for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:10For except we had delayed, surely now we had returned this second time.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:10for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.