⁷ They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

³ But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your ^(A)brother is with you.’

²⁷ And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man ^(A)of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

¹³ And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one ^(A)is no more.”