Genesis 43:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 43:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 43:6 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 43:6 — KJV
“And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
— Genesis 43:6 (KJV)
Genesis 43:6 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 43:6
“And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 43:6: ill, tell, whether
“And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 43:6: israel, wherefore, ill
“Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 43:6: israel, wherefore, ill
“And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. brother's: or, next kinsman's”
Shares key themes with Genesis 43:6: israel, ill, brother
“That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 43:6: israel, ill, whether
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