Genesis 43:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ If you won’t send him, we won’t go down. The man said to us, ‘You won’t see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ ”

⁶ Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble to me? Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

⁷ They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We just answered his questions. How could we possibly know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”