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Genesis 43:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

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And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.

If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.

Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.




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