Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 43:6
Genesis 43:6 is verse 6 of Genesis chapter 43, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
King James Version
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
World English Bible
Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?”
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Genesis 43:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5 But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
7 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’?”
8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
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