Genesis 43:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:3 : 3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
  • Gen 42:10 : 10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
  • Gen 42:27 : 27 When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.
  • Gen 42:35 : 35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.
  • Gen 43:3 : 3 But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
  • Gen 43:7 : 7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

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  • Gen 42:10
    83%

    10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

  • Gen 43:21-26
    6 verses
    82%

    21But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money– the full amount– in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.

    22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

    23“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them.“Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

    24The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.

    25They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

    26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

  • Gen 43:17-19
    3 verses
    81%

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

    18But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”

    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

  • Gen 43:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

    3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

  • Gen 44:23-26
    4 verses
    78%

    23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

    24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

    26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
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    7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

  • Gen 43:7
    76%

    7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • Gen 43:15
    76%

    15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 47:18-19
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    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

    19Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

    2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.

  • Gen 42:33
    74%

    33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

  • Gen 42:25
    73%

    25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

  • Gen 47:14-15
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    73%

    14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

    15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

  • Gen 43:10
    72%

    10But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!”

  • Gen 42:35
    72%

    35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 50:18
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    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 43:12
    72%

    12Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks– perhaps it was an oversight.

  • Gen 42:31
    72%

    31But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!

  • Gen 47:4
    72%

    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 46:32
    71%

    32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

  • Gen 42:21
    71%

    21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

  • Gen 44:14
    71%

    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.