Verse 20

They said, "Please, my lord, we came down here before to buy food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:3 : 3 Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
  • Gen 42:10 : 10 But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.
  • Gen 42:27 : 27 At the lodging place, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, and he saw his money there in the mouth of his sack.
  • Gen 42:35 : 35 As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.
  • Gen 43:3 : 3 But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
  • Gen 43:7 : 7 They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”