But they said, “The man specifically asked about us and our relatives, saying, ‘(A)Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we [a]answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:7 Lit told him according to these words

They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’(A) he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’(B) We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”(C)

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And Joseph said to his brothers, “(A)I am Joseph! (B)Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for (C)they were terrified in his presence.

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Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?”(A) But his brothers were not able to answer him,(B) because they were terrified at his presence.(C)

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