Genesis 43:6
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?In other versions
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
ASV
And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?
BBE
And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
DBY
Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
WEB
And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'
YLT
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt all of you so ill with me, as to tell the man whether all of you had yet a brother?
ENG
And they said, The man asked us strictly concerning our state, and 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?
WBT
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
BSB
In context
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?
7And 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?
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.
People in this verse
- Israel