Genesis 43:7
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
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ASV
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?
KJV
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of 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 certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| שָׁא֣וֹל | sha.'ol | carefully <to ask> | H7592 → |
| שָֽׁאַל־ | sha.'al- | he asked | H7592 → |
| הָ֠אִישׁ | Ha.'ish | the man | H376 → |
| לָ֣נוּ | La.nu | of us | |
| וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ | u.le.mo.lad.Te.nu | and of kindred our | H4138 → |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| הַע֨וֹד | ha.'od | ¿ still | H5750 → |
| אֲבִיכֶ֥ם | 'a.vi.Khem | [is] father your | H1 → |
| חַי֙ | chai | living | H2416 → |
| הֲיֵ֣שׁ | ha.Yesh | ¿ [does] there | H3426 → |
| לָכֶ֣ם | la.Khem | [belong] to you | |
| אָ֔ח | 'Ach | a brother | H251 → |
| וַנַ֨גֶּד־ | va.Na.ged- | and we told | H5046 → |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to him | |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| פִּ֖י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | ha.de.va.Rim | the words | H1697 → |
| הָאֵ֑לֶּה | ha.'E.leh | <the> these | H428 → |
| הֲיָד֣וֹעַ | ha.ya.Do.a' | ¿ really <to know> | H3045 → |
| נֵדַ֔ע | ne.Da' | did we know | H3045 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| יֹאמַ֔ר | yo.Mar | he will say | H559 → |
| הוֹרִ֖ידוּ | ho.Ri.du | bring down | H3381 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲחִיכֶֽם׃ | 'a.chi.Khem | brother your | H251 → |
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