Genesis 43:7

They replied, “The man asked particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions as he asked them. How were we to know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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In The King James Version

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

In Context

6Jacob said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man you had another brother?”

8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that both we and you and our little ones may live and not die.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:11We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.”

Genesis 43:3But Judah replied, “The man warned us: ‘You will not be able to see me unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 44:19My lord, you asked us, ‘Have you a father or a brother?’

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:2-11

Jacob Unwilling to Part with Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:… Read the whole commentary →

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