Genesis 43:20

The Passion Translation

“If you please, my lord,” they said, “we came here once before to buy food,

Cross References

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph’s ten half brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt,

Genesis 42:10

His brothers replied, “No, master; we’ve come to buy food.

Genesis 43:7

They answered him, “The man interrogated us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions! We had no idea he would say, ‘You must bring your brother here to me.’ ”

Genesis 43:3

But Judah objected, “The Egyptian warned us repeatedly, ‘You will not see my face again, unless Benjamin is with you!’

Genesis 42:35

As they each emptied their sacks of grain, each man found his money inside his sack! When they and their father saw their money returned to them, they were frightened.

Genesis 42:27

Later, they camped for the night, and as one of them opened his sack of grain to feed his donkey, he discovered that his money was there right on top of the grain!

Genesis 43:19

So they approached the chief servant and spoke to him at the entrance of the house.

Genesis 43:21

but on our way home, when we camped for the night and opened our sacks, we found each one’s money in the top of his bag. All our money was there in our bags! We know it must have been an oversight of some kind, and we have no clue who put it there, so we have brought it all back with us. Plus, we have additional money to buy more food.”