Genesis 43:20

New International Reader's Version

“Please, sir,” they said. “We came down here the first time to buy food.

Cross References

Genesis 42:10

“No, sir,” they answered. “We’ve come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

When night came, they stopped. One of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey. He saw his money in the top of his sack.

Genesis 42:3

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

Genesis 42:35

They began emptying their sacks. There in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were scared to death.

Genesis 43:19

So they went up to Joseph’s manager. They spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 43:21

We opened our sacks at the place where we stopped for the night. Each of us found in our sacks the exact amount of the money we had paid. So we’ve brought it back with us.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man gave us a strong warning. He said, ‘You won’t see my face again unless your brother Benjamin is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. He asked us, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We just answered his questions. How could we possibly know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

1 Kings 3:17

One of them said, “Pardon me, my master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me.