Interlinear Study Bible

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'?"

English Standard Version
They replied The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred saying Is your father still alive Do you have another brother What we told him was in answer to these questions Could we in any way know that he would say Bring your brother down

Holman Christian Standard Version
They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family: 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring your brother here'?

King James Version
And they said (8799), The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying (8800), 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 (8799), Bring your brother down (8685)?

Lexham English Bible
And they said, "The man asked explicitly about us and about our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?' And we answered him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring down your brother'?"

New American Standard Version
But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you {another} brother?' So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"

World English Bible
They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?'"