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But Judah spoke to him ,
saying , "
The man solemnly warned us ,
saying , "
You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you .'
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If you send our brother with us ,
we will go down and buy you food .
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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 ."'
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And Israel said , "
Why did you deal so wrongfully with me as to tell the man whether you had still another brother ?"
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But they said , "
The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family ,
saying , "
Is your father still alive ?
Have you another brother ?'
And we told him according to these words .
Could we possibly have known that he would say , "
Bring your brother down '?"
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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 .
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I myself 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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For if we had not lingered ,
surely by now we would have returned this second time ."