◄ Genesis 43:10 ►
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Good News Translation
If we had not waited so long, we could have been there and back twice by now."

New Revised Standard Version
If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”

Contemporary English Version
If we had not wasted all this time, we could already have been there and back twice."

New American Bible
Had we not delayed, we could have been there and back twice by now!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.

Genesis 19:16 And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.

this second time.

Context
The Return to Egypt with Benjamin
…9I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever. 10If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.11Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.…
Cross References
Genesis 43:9
I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.

Genesis 43:11
Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

Genesis 43:9
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