Genesis 43:7

English Standard Version 2016

They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Cross References

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:27

And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

Genesis 42:13

And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 43:6

Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”

Genesis 44:19

My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”