World English Bible
"Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?""
— Genesis 43:6, World English Bible
“And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
“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 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?”
Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'"
Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.
I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,