Genesis 43:8-14 ▼

8 |Send the young man with me,| Judah told his father Israel, |and we'll get up and go so we can survive and not die—and that includes all of us, you and our families.

9 I'll even offer myself to guarantee that I'll be responsible for him. If I don't bring him back and present him to you, I'll personally bear the consequences forever.

10 After all, if we hadn't delayed, we could have been there and back twice by now!|

11 |If that's the way it has to be,| their father Israel replied, |then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift—some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.

12 Also take twice as much money with you so you can return the money that had been replaced in the mouth of your sacks. Maybe it was an accounting mistake on his part.

13 And be sure to take your brother, too. So get up, return to the man,

14 and may God Almighty cause the man to show compassion toward you. May he send all of you back, including your other brother and Benjamin. Now as for me, if I lose my children, I lose them.|