• Genesis 43:7
    The Bible in Living English

    • 7 And they said “The man asked about us and about our home, ‘Is your father still alive?’ ‘Have you a brother?’ and we answered him correspondingly; were we to know he would say ‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • Genesis 43:7
    American Standard Version

    • 7 And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning 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 in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

  • Genesis 43:7
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 7 And they said, The man did ask concerning ourselves and concerning our kindred, saying—Is your father yet alive? Have ye a brother? So we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring down your brother?

  • Genesis 43:7
    King James Version

    • 7 And 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?