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Genesis 44:25

23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.

Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’

26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

27 And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
KJV
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
WEB
Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
ASV
And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
DARBY
And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
BLB
And our father said, ‘Return; buy for us a little food.’
ÅB
Og vår far sa: dra avsted igjen og kjøp litt korn til oss!
OTB
Vår far befalte oss, ‘Gå tilbake og kjøp litt mer mat.’
B1930
Og vår far sa: dra avsted igjen og kjøp litt korn til oss!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 43:2

    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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  • Genesis 43:5

    But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”

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