Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey 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, ) |