Genesis 43:5-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ But if you will not send him, we will not go, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’”^(A)

⁶ “Why did you cause me so much trouble?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother?”

⁷ They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”