We told him according to the tenor of these words; we gave answers suitable to his questions, or such as his words required.
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Genesis 43:7
7 And they said, The man askeda 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?