Genesis 43:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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’?”

Young's Literal Translation
and they say, ‘The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?’

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
They replied,
וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“The man
הָ֠אִישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

questioned
שָׁא֣וֹל (šā·’ō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

us
לָ֣נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

in detail
שָֽׁאַל־ (šā·’al-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

about ourselves and our family:
וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ (ū·lə·mō·w·laḏ·tê·nū)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 4138: Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family

‘Is your father
אֲבִיכֶ֥ם (’ă·ḇî·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

still
הַע֨וֹד (ha·‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

alive?
חַי֙ (ḥay)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

Do you have
הֲיֵ֣שׁ (hă·yêš)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

another brother?’
אָ֔ח (’āḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

And we answered
וַנַ֨גֶּד־ (wa·nag·geḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

him
ל֔וֹ‪‬ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

accordingly.
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

How could we possibly know
הֲיָד֣וֹעַ (hă·yā·ḏō·w·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he would say,
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Bring
הוֹרִ֖ידוּ (hō·w·rî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

your brother here’?”
אֲחִיכֶֽם׃ (’ă·ḥî·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 251: A brother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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