World English Bible
"for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.""
— Genesis 43:10, World English Bible
“For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.”
“for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. ”
“But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!””
“If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.”
“Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.”
“For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.”
They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
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.
I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now."
Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.