Gen 43:8 | NET2full | STEP | Then Judah said to his father Israel , “ Send the boy with me and we will go immediately . Then we will live and not die

Genesis 43:8

8 Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and we will rise up and we will go.” The first verb is adverbial and gives the expression the sense of “we will go immediately.”} Then we will live ^{▼▼tn After the preceding cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form (either imperfect or cohortative) with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or result.} and not die—we and you and our little ones.