Genesis 43:1-10

1Now the famineH7458 was still severeH3515 in the landH776. 2So whenH834 Jacob’s sons had eaten allH3615H398 the grainH7668 they had broughtH935 from EgyptH4714, their fatherH1 saidH559 to themH413, “Go backH7725 and buyH7666 us a little moreH4592 foodH400.”

3But JudahH3063H559 repliedH559H413, “The manH376H559 solemnly warnedH5749 us, ‘You will notH3808 seeH7200 my faceH6440 again unlessH1115 your brotherH251 is with youH854.’ 4IfH518H3426 you will sendH7971 our brotherH251 with usH854, we will go downH3381 and buyH7666 foodH400 for you. 5But ifH518 you will notH369 send himH7971, we will notH3808 goH3381; forH3588 the manH376 toldH559 usH413, ‘You will notH3808 seeH7200 my faceH6440 again unlessH1115 your brotherH251 is with youH854.’”

6“WhyH4100 did you bring this troubleH7489 upon me?” IsraelH3478 askedH559. “Why did you tellH5046 the manH376 you had anotherH5750 brotherH251?”

7They repliedH559, “The manH376 questionedH7592 us in detailH7592 about ourselves and our familyH4138: ‘Is your fatherH1 stillH5750 aliveH2416? Do you haveH3426 another brotherH251?’ And we answeredH5046 him accordinglyH5921H6310H1697H428. How could we possibly knowH3045 thatH3588 he would sayH559, ‘BringH3381 your brother hereH251’?”

8And JudahH3063 saidH559 toH413 his fatherH1 IsraelH3478, “SendH7971 the boyH5288 with meH854, and we will go at onceH6965H1980, so that we may liveH2421 and notH3808 dieH4191H1571—neither weH587H1571, nor youH859H1571, nor our childrenH2945. 9IH595 will guarantee his safetyH6148. You may hold meH1245 personally responsibleH3027. IfH518 I do notH3808 bring him backH935 and set himH3322 before youH6440, then may I bear the guilt before youH2398 all my lifeH3605H3117. 10If we had notH3588H3884 delayedH4102H3588, we could have come and goneH7725H2088 twiceH6471 by nowH6258.”