Genesis 43:20

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

Genesis 42:3

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

Genesis 42:10

But they said to him, “No, my lord, for your servants have [only] come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

And at the lodging place, as one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, he saw his money in the opening of his sack.

Genesis 42:35

Now when they emptied their sacks, every man’s bundle of money [paid to buy grain] was in his sack. When they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man [representing Pharaoh] solemnly and sternly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face [again] unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

And they said, “The man asked us straightforward questions about ourselves and our relatives. He said, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down [here to Egypt]’?”

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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
But Judah said to him, “The man [representing Pharaoh] solemnly and sternly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face [again] unless your brother is with you.’
Genesis 42:3
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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Genesis 43:2
And it happened that when the families of Jacob’s sons had finished eating [all of] the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”