Genesis 43:6
in Genesis 43“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
KJV
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
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This verse in Genesis 43
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Why did you bring this trouble upon me
on Genesis 43:6-7
Israel blames his sons for answering a stranger's questions honestly. His sons had taken a young goat and Joseph's robe to deceive him at 37:31. Their answer is that the man questioned them in detail about themselves and their family, and the demand for the brother came after.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Israel said,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לָמָ֥ה | lamah | <to> why? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם | hareotem | did you do harm | H7489 → | 107 times |
| לִ֑י | li | to me | ||
| לְהַגִּ֣יד | lehagid | by telling | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לָאִ֔ישׁ | laish | to the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַע֥וֹד | haod | ¿ still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | [belong] to you | ||
| אָֽח׃ | ʾach | [does] a brother | H251 → | 630 times |
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לָמָ֥ה<to> why?
lamahH4100 →752 times
הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םdid you do harm
hareotemH7489 →107 times
לִ֑יto me
li
לְהַגִּ֣ידby telling
lehagidH5046 →370 times
לָאִ֔ישׁto the man
laishH376 →1663 times
הַע֥וֹד¿ still
haodH5750 →490 times
לָכֶ֖ם[belong] to you
lakhem
אָֽח׃[does] a brother
ʾachH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.