Genesis 43:20

and said, "Sir, we came hither at the first time to buy food,

Genesis 42:3

So went Joseph's ten brethren down to buy corn in Egypt,

Genesis 42:10

And they said unto him, "Nay, my lord: but to buy victuals thy servants are come.

Genesis 42:27

And as one of them opened his sack, for to give his ass provender in the Inn, he spied his money in his sack's mouth.

Genesis 42:35

And as they emptied their sacks, behold: every man's bundle of money was in his sack. And when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:3

Then said Judah unto him, "The man did testify unto us saying, 'Look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you.'

Genesis 43:7

And they said, "The man asked us of our kindred saying, 'Is your father yet alive? Have ye not another brother?' And we told him according to these words. How could we know that he would bid us bring our brother down with us?"

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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 said Judah unto him, "The man did testify unto us saying, 'Look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you.'
Genesis 42:3
So went Joseph's ten brethren down to buy corn in Egypt,

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Genesis 43:2
And when they had eaten up that corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt, their father said unto them, "Go again and buy us a little food."