NET

7 They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Darby

7 And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

KJV

7 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^K284of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

KJV Bible Notes

asked us straightly: Heb. asking he asked us. tenor: Heb. mouth. Could we certainly know: Heb. knowing could we know?. this second time: Or, twice by this.

Strong's

7 And they said^H559, The man^H376 asked^H7592 us straitly^H7592 of our state, and of our kindred^H4138, saying^H559, Is your father^H1 yet alive^H2416? have ye^H3426 another brother^H251? and we told^H5046 him according^H5921 to the tenor^H6310 of these words^H1697: could we certainly^H3045 know^H3045 that he would say^H559, Bring^H3381 your brother^H251 down^H3381?