Genesis 43:8
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.
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- Gen 42:2 : 2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
- Gen 42:38 : 38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
- Gen 44:26 : 26 But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
- Gen 45:19 : 19 You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.
- Gen 50:8 : 8 all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.
- Gen 50:21 : 21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
- Num 14:31 : 31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.
- Deut 33:6 : 6 Blessing on Reuben May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.
- 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, we’ll live; if they kill us– well, we were going to die anyway.”
- 2 Kgs 7:13 : 13 One of his advisers replied,“Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city.(Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people– we’re all going to die!) Let’s send them out so we can know for sure what’s going on.”
- Ezra 8:21 : 21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
- Ps 118:17 : 17 I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 44:22-276 verses81%
22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 “Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26 But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
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7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
- Gen 43:2-54 verses79%
2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3 But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4 If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5 But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
- Gen 44:30-345 verses79%
30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
31 When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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9 I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 42:37-382 verses78%
37 Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
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20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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13 that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”
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28 Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.
- Gen 43:13-142 verses75%
13 Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.
14 May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
- Gen 42:32-332 verses74%
32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
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2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
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21 Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.