Genesis 43:20

And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:10

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

Genesis 42:27

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

Genesis 42:35

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

Genesis 43:3

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

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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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Bible References

We came indeed down

Genesis 43:3
And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
Genesis 42:3
So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

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Genesis 43:2
And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

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