Genesis 43:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”

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  • Gen 43:7-8
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    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

    8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.

  • Gen 43:2-5
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    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

    3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

    5But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

  • Gen 42:20-21
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    20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

    21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

  • Gen 44:23-24
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    23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

    24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

  • Gen 44:19-20
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    19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

    20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

  • Gen 42:32-34
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    32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’

    33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

    34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

  • Gen 43:13-14
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    13Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

    14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

  • Gen 42:7
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Gen 42:29-30
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    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

    30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

  • Gen 44:26
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    26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

  • Gen 37:13
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    13Israel said to Joseph,“Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.”“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

    14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

  • Gen 42:36
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    36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

  • Gen 34:31
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    31But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

  • Gen 42:4
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    4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said,“What if some accident happens to him?”

  • Gen 37:16
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    16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

  • Gen 44:34
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    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”