Genesis 43:6

Genesis 43:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Israel said, “Why did you deal so wrongfully with me as to tell the man whether you had still another brother?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Why were you so cruel to me?” Jacob moaned. “Why did you tell him you had another brother?”

Context of Genesis 43:6

4If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. 5But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ ” Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?” 7They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?” 8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

Genesis 43:6 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָמָ֥ה הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם לִ֑י לְהַגִּ֣יד לָאִ֔ישׁ הַע֥וֹד לָכֶ֖ם אָֽח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• illרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• to tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• whether ye had yet a brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Commentaries on Genesis 43:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ debash “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים bôṭen “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd “almond tree;” related: “awake.” The tree is also called לוּז lûz Some refer the former to the fruit, the latter to the tree. The eleven brothers are now to bow down before Joseph. Genesis 43:1-10 The famine was severe. The pressure began to be felt more and more. The twelve households had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7As the famine continued, Jacob's family needed more grain. But, they could not go back to Egypt without Benjamin (42:16, 20). Jacob understood he was in a difficult situation. He needed more food but he would not risk losing Benjamin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-142. their father said, ... Go again, buy us a little food--It was no easy matter to bring Jacob to agree to the only conditions on which his sons could return to Egypt (Ge 42:15). The necessity of immediately procuring fresh supplies for the maintenance of themselves and their families overcame every other consideration and extorted his consent to Benjamin joining in a journey, which his sons entered on with mingled feelings of hope and anxiety--of hope…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 43:6

• Jacob
• Judah

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Blame
• Chamber
• Famine
• Joseph
• Judah
• Merry
• Yearn

Commentaries on Genesis 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings