Genesis 43:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Israel said, “Why have you done this evil thing to me, to let that man know that you had another brother?”

⁷ They answered, “That man interrogated us, demanding to know about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have some other brothers?’ and we answered his questions. How could we know that he would have said, ‘Bring your brother here’?”

⁸ Judah said to Israel his father, “Let the young one come with me. We will leave immediately, so that we might live and not die, we, you, and our children.