Genesis 43:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

Cross References

Genesis 43:3

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

Genesis 43:27

And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?

Genesis 42:13

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

Genesis 43:6

And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

Genesis 44:19

My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

Genesis 42:11

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.