Genesis 43:20

and said, May it please my lord! We, did indeed come down, at the beginning to buy food.

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph's ten brethren went down, - to buy corn from the Egyptians;

Genesis 42:10

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, - but, thy servants, are come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

And the first opened his sack to give fodder to his ass at the inn, - and beheld his silver, yea there, it was in the mouth of his sack!

Genesis 42:35

And it came to pass when, they, were emptying their, sacks then lo! each man's bundle of silver, was in his sack, - and when they beheld their bundles of silver - they and their father, they were afraid,

Genesis 43:3

Then spake Judah unto him saying, - The man, did protest, to us saying - Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man did ask I concerning ourselves and concerning our kindred saying - Is your father yet alive? Have ye a brother? So we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we, at all know, that he would say, Bring down 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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We came indeed down

Genesis 43:3
Then spake Judah unto him saying, - The man, did protest, to us saying - Ye shall not see my face, except, your brother, is with you.
Genesis 42:3
So Joseph's ten brethren went down, - to buy corn from the Egyptians;

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Genesis 43:2
So it came to pass when they had made an end of eating the corn which they had brought in out of Egypt, that their father said unto them, - Return buy for us a little food.