Genesis 44:25
“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
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- Gen 43:1-55 verses88%
1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3 But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4 If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5 But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
- Gen 44:19-246 verses85%
19 My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20 We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- Gen 44:26-272 verses84%
26 But 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.’
27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
- Gen 43:7-82 verses79%
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’?”
8 Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
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20 They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
- Gen 42:32-343 verses78%
32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
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.
34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
- Gen 42:2-32 verses78%
2 He 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.”
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 44:32-343 verses76%
32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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13 Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.
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22 We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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25 So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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20 But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
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1 The 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.
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30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
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29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 44:7-82 verses73%
7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8 Look, 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?
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17 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
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5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
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13 They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
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13 So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
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23 To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father’s journey.
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25 Then 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.