Genesis 43:6
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But 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.
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7 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?
8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
- KJV
- And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- WEB
- Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?”
- ASV
- And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- DARBY
- And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- BLB
- And Israel said, “Why have you⁺ done evil to me, to tell the man you had yet to you⁺ a brother?”
- ÅB
- De svarte: Mannen spurte oss nøye ut både om oss og om vår slekt og sa: Lever deres far enda? Har dere noen bror? Og vi svarte ham etter som han spurte; kunne vi vel vite at han ville si: Kom her ned med deres bror?
- OTB
- Israel spurte: «Hvorfor brakte dere denne vanskeligheten over meg ved å fortelle mannen at dere hadde en annen bror?»
- B1930
- De svarte: Mannen spurte oss nøie ut både om oss og om vår ætt og sa: Lever eders far ennu? Har I nogen bror? Og vi svarte ham efter som han spurte; kunde vi vel vite at han vilde si: Kom her ned med eders bror?