Genesis 43:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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, you, and also our little ones.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Judah{H3063} said{H559} unto Israel{H3478} his father,{H1} Send{H7971} the lad{H5288} with me, and we will arise{H6965} and go;{H3212} that we may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} both we, and thou, and also our little ones.{H2945}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Judah{H3063} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Israel{H3478} his father{H1}, Send{H7971}{(H8798)} the lad{H5288} with me, and we will arise{H6965}{(H8799)} and go{H3212}{(H8799)}; that we may live{H2421}{(H8799)}, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)}, both we, and thou, and also our little ones{H2945}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Than sayde Iuda vnto Israell his father: Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye: both we thou and also oure childern.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then sayde Iuda vnto Israel his father: Let the lad go with me, that we maye get vs vp and take oure iourney, and lyue, and not dye, both we and thou, and oure childre.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The said Iuda vnto Israel his father: send the lad with me, that we may arise and go, and that we may liue, & not dye, yea both we & thou, & also our meany.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

  • 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
  • Gen 44:26 : 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.
  • Gen 45:19 : 19 Now you are commanded, do this: take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives and bring your father and come.
  • Gen 50:8 : 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house, only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
  • Gen 50:21 : 21 Now therefore fear not, I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Num 14:31 : 31 But your little ones, which you said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.
  • Deut 33:6 : 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
  • 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
  • 2 Kgs 7:13 : 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even like all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our goods.
  • Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 44:22-27
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    81%

    22 And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

    23 And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

    24 And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

    26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.

    27 And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:

  • Gen 43:7
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    7 And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

  • Gen 43:2-5
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    2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

    3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

    4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:

    5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

  • Gen 44:30-34
    5 verses
    79%

    30 Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

    31 It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

    32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

    34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

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    9 I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:

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    37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.

    38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 44:20
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    20 And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

  • Josh 2:13
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    13 And that you will save my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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    28 And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:

    14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

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    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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    2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

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    21 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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    31 And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.