Genesis 43:2-7 ▼

2 So it came about when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, |Go again, buy us a little more food.|

3 But Judah spoke to him, saying, |The man strictly warned us, saying, 'You may not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

4 If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food,

5 but if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, 'You may not see my face unless your brother is with you.'|

6 Then Israel said, |Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?|

7 They said, |The man kept asking about ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we just answered his questions. How were we to know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'|