Genesis 43:7 — Compare 3 English translations

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World English Bible Public Domain

They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
King James Version Public Domain

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?
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

And they said, “The man asked persistently about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have brother?’ And we answered him according to those words. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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Genesis 43:7 — compare English translations