Genesis 43:7

Good News Translation

They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all brothers. We are not spies, sir, we are honest men.”

Genesis 42:13

They said, “We were twelve brothers in all, sir, sons of the same man in the land of Canaan. One brother is dead, and the youngest is now with our father.”

Genesis 43:27

He asked about their health and then said, “You told me about your old father—how is he? Is he still alive and well?”

Genesis 43:3

Judah said to him, “The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us.

Genesis 43:6

Jacob said, “Why did you cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had another brother?”

Genesis 44:19

Sir, you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or another brother?’