American Standard Version
"And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? "
— Genesis 43:6, American Standard Version
“And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
“Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"”
“Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?””
“Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery, in that you told him you had also another brother.”
“And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?”
“And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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?
And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning 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 in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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.
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: