Genesis 43:7

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of 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 certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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  • 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, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the younst is this day with our father, and one is not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 43:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

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

    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.

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

    5 But 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.

    6 And 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%

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

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

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

    32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the younst is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

    34 And bring your younst 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 traffick in the land.

  • Gen 44:19-27
    9 verses
    81%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 8 And 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%

    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?

    28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

  • Gen 42:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

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

    21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish 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%

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

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

    15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your younst brother come hither.

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

    8 Behold, 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?

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

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

  • 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

  • 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

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

  • 13 And 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.

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

  • 15 And 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.

  • 3 And 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.

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

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