Genesis 43:7

New International Version

They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

Cross References

Genesis 43:3

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

Genesis 43:27

He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”

Genesis 42:13

But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 43:6

Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”

Genesis 44:19

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Genesis 42:11

We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”