Judah (to Israel, his father): ⁸ Send the boy with me, and let’s be on our way. It’s the only way we’re going to live through this famine and not die of hunger—you, us, and all of our little ones. ⁹ I will guarantee his safety. You can hold me personally responsible if I don’t bring him back to you in one piece. If anything happens to him, I am perfectly willing to bear the blame forever. ¹⁰ Had we not waited this long already, we could have made the journey twice now and have enough food.