Genesis 43:6
What does Genesis 43:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 43:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery, in that you told him you had also another brother.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Context
v.5but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
v.6This passage
v.7And 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?
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