Genesis - 43:10

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10 for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 43:10.

Differing Translations

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For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time.
For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.
For except we had delayed, surely now we had returned this second time.
for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'
Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
If a delay had not intervened, by now we would have returned here a second time."
Quia nisi tardavissemus, certe nunc reversi fuissemus jam bis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

For except we had lingered,.... Delayed going down to Egypt, through the demur Jacob made of tending Benjamin with them:
surely now we had returned this second time; they would have made their journey to Egypt, and returned again with their corn, and their brother Benjamin too, as Judah supposed, before this time; so that by these delays they were losing time, and involving themselves and families in distress for want of corn.

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