Genesis 43:20

and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.

Genesis 42:3

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.

Genesis 42:10

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

Genesis 42:27

And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 42:35

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.

Genesis 43:3

And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all 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
And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
Genesis 42:3
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.

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Genesis 43:2
And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.