Genesis 43:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:3 : 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
  • Gen 43:27 : 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 43:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

    3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

    4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

    5but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

    6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

  • Gen 42:29-34
    6 verses
    81%

    29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

    30The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

    31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

    32we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;

    34and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

  • Gen 44:19-27
    9 verses
    81%

    19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

    20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

    21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

    22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

    23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

    24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.

    26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

    27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

  • 8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

  • Gen 43:27-28
    2 verses
    79%

    27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

    28And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.

  • Gen 42:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

    21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

  • Gen 42:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

    14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

    15hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

  • 7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • 13take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

  • 22And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks.

  • 20and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

  • 27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.

  • 13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

  • 17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

  • 15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • 3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

  • 31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • 14And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.