Genesis 43:20

and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

Genesis 42:3

Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:10

Then they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 42:35

Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

Genesis 43:3

Judah spoke to him, however, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

But they said, “The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

We came indeed down

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We came indeed down

Genesis 43:3
Judah spoke to him, however, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
Genesis 42:3
Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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Genesis 43:2
So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”