Genesis 43:20

Easy To Read Version

They said, “Sir, I promise this is the truth: The last time we came, we came to buy food.

Cross References

Genesis 42:10

But the brothers said to him, “No, sir! We come as your servants. We have come only to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

That night the brothers stopped at a place to spend the night. One of the brothers opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. And there in the sack, he saw his money!

Genesis 42:3

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

Genesis 42:35

Then the brothers started taking the grain out of their sacks. And every brother found his bag of money in his sack of grain. The brothers and their father saw the money and they were scared.

Genesis 43:19

So the brothers went to the servant in charge of Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to Jacob, “But the governor of that country warned us. He said, ‘If you don’t bring your brother back to me, then I will refuse to talk to you.’

Genesis 43:7

The brothers answered, “That man asked lots of questions. He wanted to know all about us and about our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother at home?’ We only answered his questions. We didn’t know he would ask us to bring our brother to him!”

1 Kings 3:17

One of the women said, “Sir, this woman and I live in the same house. We were both pregnant and almost ready to give birth to our babies. I gave birth to my baby while she was there with me.