OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 43:7

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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’?”

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Verse 7. Asked us. This is perfectly consonant with what they say. Calmet. 42:13 and Calmet. 44:19. They mentioned their having a brother at home, without the smallest suspicion of doing wrong.

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