Genesis 43:2-7 ▼

2 So it came about, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”

3 Judah spoke to him, however, saying, “The man sternly warned us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

4 If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.

5 But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

6 Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”

7 But they said, “The man specifically asked about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”