Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 43:10
Genesis 43:10 is verse 10 of Genesis chapter 43, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
King James Version
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
World English Bible
for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”
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Genesis 43:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 19:16But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.