Judah spoke to Israel his father.“ Send the boy along with me,” he said.“ We’ll go right away. Then we and you and our children will live and not die.

犹大又对他父亲以色列说：“你打发童子与我同去，我们就起身下去，好叫我们和你，并我们的妇人孩子，都得存活，不至于死。

犹大又对他父亲以色列说：“请派这年轻人和我同去，我们就动身前去，好叫我们和你，以及我们的孩子都得存活，不至于死。

犹大又对他父亲以色列说：“请派这年轻人和我同去，我们就动身前去，好叫我们和你，以及我们的孩子都得存活，不至于死。

犹大对父亲以色列说：“你就让便雅悯跟我同去吧，我们好立刻动身，这样我们一家老小才能保住性命，不致饿死。

犹大对他父亲以色列说：“你若打发那孩子与我同去，我们就立刻起程，好叫我们和你，以及我们的孩子都可以存活，不至饿死。

犹大对他父亲以色列说：“请打发那少年与我同去，我们就立刻起身前往，好使我们和你，以及我们的孩童都得以存活，不至于死。

猶大又對他父親以色列說：「你打發童子與我同去，我們就起身下去，好叫我們和你，並我們的婦人孩子，都得存活，不至於死。

猶大又對他父親以色列說：「請派這年輕人和我同去，我們就動身前去，好叫我們和你，以及我們的孩子都得存活，不至於死。

猶大又對他父親以色列說：「請派這年輕人和我同去，我們就動身前去，好叫我們和你，以及我們的孩子都得存活，不至於死。

猶大對父親以色列說：「你就讓便雅憫跟我同去吧，我們好立刻動身，這樣我們一家老小才能保住性命，不致餓死。

猶大對他父親以色列說：“你若打發那孩子與我同去，我們就立刻起程，好叫我們和你，以及我們的孩子都可以存活，不至餓死。

猶大對他父親以色列說：『打發那兒童和我一同去，我們就起身下去，好叫我們活着：你和我們的幼童，我們大家，都活着、不至於死。

猶大對他父親以色列說：「請打發那少年與我同去，我們就立刻起身前往，好使我們和你，以及我們的孩童都得以存活，不至於死。

猶大謂父以色列曰、遣孺子與我偕、即起而往、爾我暨子女、均可延生不死、

猶大謂以色列曰、遣弟與我偕往、汝我子女、均可相保、不至死亡。

猶大謂父以色列曰、遣童子偕我、我儕即起而往、爾與我儕及我子女、皆可保全、不至死亡、

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

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

Judah said to his father,“ Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation— and not only we, but you and our little ones.

Then Judah said to his father Israel,“ Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die— neither we, nor you, nor our dependents.

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

Then 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 you and also our little ones.

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.

Then Judah said to his father Israel,“ Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die— neither we, nor you, nor our children.

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.

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.

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.

He continued,“ I’ve heard there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there. Buy some for us. Then we’ll live and not die.”

One of the king’s officers said,“ A few horses are still left in the city. Have some men get five of them. Those men won’t be any worse off than all the other Israelites who are left here. In fact, all of us will soon be dead anyway. So let’s send the men to find out what happened.”

But we said,‘ We can’t go down. We’ll only go if our youngest brother goes there with us. We can’t even see the man’s face unless our youngest brother goes with us.’

So then, don’t be afraid. I’ll provide for you and your children.” He calmed their fears. And he spoke in a kind way to them.

Suppose we say,‘ We’ll go into the city.’ There isn’t any food there, and we’ll die. But if we stay here, we’ll die anyway. So let’s go over to Aram’s army camp. Let’s give ourselves up. If they spare us, we’ll live. If they kill us, we’ll die.”

By the canal that flows toward Ahava, I announced a fast. I told the people not to eat any food. In that way, we made ourselves humble in God’s sight. We prayed that he would give us and our children a safe journey. We asked him to keep safe everything we owned.

Here’s what Moses said about Reuben.“ Let Reuben live. Don’t let him die. And do not let his people be few.”

“ Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

I will not die but live. I will talk about what the Lord has done.

“ And here’s something else I want you to tell them. Say to them,‘ Take some carts from Egypt. Your children and your wives can use them. Get your father and come back.

Joseph’s family also went. His brothers and all the rest of his father’s family went. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

But Jacob said,“ My son will not go down there with you. His brother is dead. He’s the only one left here with me. Suppose he’s harmed on the journey you are taking. Then I would die as a sad old man.”

You have said that your enemies would capture your children. But I will bring your children in to enjoy the land you have turned your backs on.