Genesis 43:7

וַיֹּאמְרוּ שָׁאוֹל שָֽׁאַל ־ הָאִישׁ לָנוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ לֵאמֹר הַעוֹד אֲבִיכֶם חַי הֲיֵשׁ לָכֶם אָח וַנַגֶּד ־ לוֹ עַל ־ פִּי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הֲיָדוֹעַ נֵדַע כִּי יֹאמַר הוֹרִידוּ אֶת ־ אֲחִיכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמָה הֲרֵעֹתֶם לִי לְהַגִּיד לָאִישׁ הַעוֹד לָכֶם אָֽח ׃

8וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה אֶל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו שִׁלְחָה הַנַּעַר אִתִּי וְנָקוּמָה וְנֵלֵכָה וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת גַּם ־ אֲנַחְנוּ גַם ־ אַתָּה גַּם ־ טַפֵּֽנוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:11כֻּלָּנוּ בְּנֵי אִישׁ ־ אֶחָד נָחְנוּ כֵּנִים אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא ־ הָיוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים ׃

Genesis 43:3וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר הָעֵד הֵעִד בָּנוּ הָאִישׁ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא ־ תִרְאוּ פָנַי בִּלְתִּי אֲחִיכֶם אִתְּכֶֽם ׃

Genesis 44:19אֲדֹנִי שָׁאַל אֶת ־ עֲבָדָיו לֵאמֹר הֲיֵשׁ ־ לָכֶם אָב אוֹ ־ אָֽח ׃

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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