They replied, "The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother here'?" Cross References Genesis 42:13 But they answered, "Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more." Genesis 43:6 "Why did you bring this trouble upon me?" Israel asked. "Why did you tell the man you had another brother?" Genesis 43:27 He asked if they were well, and then he asked, "How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?" Genesis 44:19 My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?' Treasury of Scripture And they said, The man asked us straightly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have you 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? asked us straitly. Genesis 43:3 tenor. Genesis 43:3 |