Genesis 43:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.”
Genesis 43:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 43:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 43:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.”
Genesis 43:8 — World English Bible
Genesis 43:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. ”
Genesis 43:8 — American Standard Version
Genesis 43:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.”
Genesis 43:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 43:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and our little ones. ”
Genesis 43:8 — Darby Translation
Genesis 43:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then sayde Iudah to Israel his father, Send the boy with mee, that we may rise and goe, and that we may liue and not dye, both we, and thou, and our children.”
Genesis 43:8 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 43:8 in Context — Genesis 43
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
What Does Genesis 43:8 Mean?
Genesis 43:8 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 43. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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