Genesis 43:6

Forsooth Israel said to them, Ye did this into my wretchedness, that ye showed to him, that ye had also another brother. (And Israel, that is, Jacob, said to them, Ye did this unto my wretchedness, that ye told him that ye also had another brother.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

In Context

5else if thou wilt not, we shall not go (down); for as we said oft, the man announced to us, and said, Ye shall not see my face without your least brother, (or for as we have often said to you, the man announced to us, Ye shall not see my face without your youngest brother).

7And they answered, The man asked us by order our generation, (and) if our father lived, (and) if we had another brother; and we answered followingly to him, by that that he asked, (or and we answered accordingly to him, by what he asked us); whether we might know that he would say, Bring ye (down) your brother with you?

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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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