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The Return to Egypt with Benjamin

Genesis 43:10

In 11 translations

BSB
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
KJV
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.this: or, twice by this
WEB
for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”
ASV
for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.
LSV
for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.”
YLT
for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'
DBY
For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.
DRC
If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.
GNV
For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time.
JPS
For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.'
LXXE
For if we had not tarried, we should now have returned twice.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐβραδύναμεν, ἤδη ἂν ὑπεστρέψαμεν δίς.

Who and where

◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 19:16But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

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