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Genesis 43:8-12

Genesis 43:8

So Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones.

Genesis 43:9

I myself will take responsibility for him! You may demand him back from me. If I do not bring him back to you and present him to you, then you can let me take the blame forever.

Genesis 43:10

For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice.”

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a gift, a little balsam and a little honey, labdanum resin and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

Genesis 43:12

And take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the opening of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake.