Genesis 43:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ The brothers answered, “That man asked lots of questions. He wanted to know all about us and about our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother at home?’ We only answered his questions. We didn’t know he would ask us to bring our brother to him!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And they said, The man asked us straightforward questions about ourselves and our relatives. He said, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down here?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning 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 in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Common English Bible

⁷ They said, “The man asked us pointedly about our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?’ So we told him just what we’ve said. How were we to know he’d say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ But they responded: "The man questioned us in order, concerning our family: whether our father lived, if we had a brother. And we answered him respectively, according to what he demanded. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring your brother with you?' "

Genesis 43:7 Referencias Cruzadas

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to Jacob, “But the governor of that country warned us. He said, ‘If you don’t bring your brother back to me, then I will refuse to talk to you.’

Genesis 43:27

Joseph asked them how they were doing. Joseph said, “How is your elderly father you told me about. Is he still alive and well?”

Genesis 42:13

And the brothers said, “No! We are all brothers. There are twelve brothers in our family. We all have the same father. Our youngest brother is still at home with our father. And the other brother died a long time ago. We are like servants before you. We are from the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 43:6

Israel (Jacob) said, “Why did you tell him you had another brother? Why did you do such a bad thing to me?”

Genesis 44:19

When we were here before, you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers—we all have the same father. We are honest men. We have come only to buy food.”