And our father said After some time, when the corn was almost consumed they had bought in Egypt: go again, [and] buy us a little food; that may suffice fill the famine is over; see ( Genesis 43:1 ) .
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Then you told us, 'If your youngest brother doesn't come here with you, you will never be allowed to see me again.'
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When we went back to our father, we told him what you had said.
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"Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'
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We answered, 'We can't go back. We can only go back if our youngest brother is with us. The man won't see us unless our youngest brother is with us.'
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"Then our father said to us, 'You know that my wife [Rachel] gave me two sons.