Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.
Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:
Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.