Both Rueben and Judah try to talk their father into sending them back to Egypt with Benjamin. Yes, it could be argued that things got worse before Judah spoke to his father but I have to wonder if it was something more. Judah didn't offer his children's lives as a sacrifice, but he did agree to be personally responsible for Benjamin and to personally take the blame if anything went wrong. Before this time and possibly before the situation with Tamar, we see no evidence of Judah taking personal responsibility. In fact, when it came to the problem with Tamar at the start, Judah blamed Tamar rather than the true culprits, his sons. Whatever happened Judah at this point began to be a person of responsibility and one who we could imagine kings coming from his lineage.
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