Genesis 43:6

“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

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?”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?

Darby Translation

And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

Young's Literal Translation

And Israel saith, 'Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

Bible in Basic English

And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

In context

5But 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.’”

7They 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’?”

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