Genesis 43:20

New American Bible - revised edition

“If you please, sir,” they said, “we came down here once before to buy food.

Cross References

Genesis 42:10

“No, my lord,” they replied. “On the contrary, your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

At the night encampment, when one of them opened his bag to give his donkey some fodder, he saw his money there in the mouth of his bag.

Genesis 42:3

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

Genesis 42:35

When they were emptying their sacks, there in each one’s sack was his moneybag! At the sight of their moneybags, they and their father were afraid.

Genesis 43:19

So they went up to Joseph’s steward and talked to him at the entrance of the house.

Genesis 43:21

But when we arrived at a night’s encampment and opened our bags, there was each man’s money in the mouth of his bag—our money in the full amount! We have now brought it back.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah replied: “The man strictly warned us, ‘You shall not see me unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

They answered: “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

1 Kings 3:17

One woman said: “By your leave, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth in the house while she was present.