Genesis 43:7

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?

Genesis 43:3

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

Genesis 42:13

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

Genesis 43:27

And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?

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Summary

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?

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Bible References

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Genesis 44:19
My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

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