Genesis 43:20

Modern English Version

They said, “My lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

Cross References

Genesis 42:3

Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Genesis 42:10

They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come only to buy food.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, “The man asked us directly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered his questions. How could we even know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Genesis 43:3

Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 42:35

As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 42:27

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed in the lodging place, he saw his money. It was in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 43:19

They approached the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke with him at the entrance of the house.

Genesis 43:21

When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks and realized every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us.

1 Kings 3:17

The first woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I bore a child with her in the house.