Genesis 43:8

New Century Version

Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send Benjamin with me, and we will go at once so that we, you, and our children may live and not die.

Cross References

Genesis 42:2

I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us to eat, so that we will live and not die.”

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not allow Benjamin to go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. I am afraid something terrible might happen to him during the trip to Egypt. Then I would be sad until the day I die.”

Genesis 44:20

And we answered you, ‘We have an old father. And we have a younger brother, who was born when our father was old. This youngest son’s brother is dead, so he is the only one of his mother’s children left alive, and our father loves him very much.’

Genesis 44:26

We said to our father, ‘We cannot go without our youngest brother. Without our youngest brother, we will not be allowed to see the governor.’

Genesis 45:19

Tell them to take some wagons from Egypt for their children and their wives and to bring their father back also.

Genesis 50:21

So don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.” So Joseph comforted his brothers and spoke kind words to them.

Genesis 50:8

Everyone who lived with Joseph and his brothers went with him, as well as everyone who lived with his father. They left only their children, their flocks, and their herds in the land of Goshen.

2 Kings 7:13

One of his officers answered, “Let some men take five of the horses that are still left in the city. These men are like all the Israelites who are left; they are also about to die. Let’s send them to see what has happened.”

2 Kings 7:4

There is no food in the city. So if we go into the city, we will die there. If we stay here, we will die. So let’s go to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we will live. If they kill us, we die.”

Ezra 8:21

There by the Ahava Canal, I announced we would all fast and deny ourselves before our God. We would ask God for a safe trip for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.

Psalm 118:17

I will not die, but live, and I will tell what the Lord has done.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.

Numbers 14:31

You said that your children would be taken away, but I will bring them into the land to enjoy what you refused.

Deuteronomy 33:6

“Let the people of Reuben live and not die, but let the people be few.”