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Genesis 43:6-8
Good News Translation
Genesis 43:6-8
Good News Translation
6 Jacob said, “Why did you cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had another brother?”
7 They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?”
8 Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will leave at once. Then none of us will starve to death.
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Genesis 43:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 43:6-8
New International Version
6 Israel(A) asked, “Why did you bring this trouble(B) on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
7 They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’(C) he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’(D) We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”(E)
8 Then Judah(F) said to Israel(G) his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.(H)
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