Quotes about Family
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
— Genesis 43:4
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
— Genesis 43:6
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’?”
— Genesis 43:7
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
— Genesis 43:8
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
— Genesis 43:13
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
— Genesis 43:27
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
— Genesis 43:28
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
— Genesis 43:29
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
— Genesis 43:30
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
— Genesis 43:34
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
— Genesis 44:13
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
— Genesis 44:14