Genesis 43:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ I’ll even offer myself to guarantee that I’ll be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back and present him to you, I’ll personally bear the consequences forever. ¹⁰ After all, if we hadn’t delayed, we could have been there and back^[a] twice by now!”

Jacob Gives Instructions for the Trip

¹¹ “If that’s the way it has to be,” their father Israel replied, “then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift—some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.