Genesis 43:6
“And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
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Genesis 43:6 Context
4If thou wilt send our brother with vs, we will goe downe and buy thee food. 5But if thou wilt not send him, we will not goe downe: for the man saide vnto vs, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 7And they said, The man asked vs straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue yee another brother? and we tolde him according to the tenour of these words: Could we certainely knowe that he would say, Bring your brother downe? 8And Iudah said vnto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and wee will arise and go, that we may liue, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
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And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- King James Version
Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had {another} brother?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
- Basic English Bible
And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- Darby Bible
And Israel said, Why dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- Webster's Bible
Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
- World English Bible
And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible