Genesis 43:8 meaning and explanation
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
Genesis 43:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Judah speaks to his father Jacob, also called Israel, during a famine that has already forced one trip to Egypt for grain. The Egyptian official demanded that Benjamin come on any future visit, and Jacob has resisted sending his youngest son.
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