Genesis 44:25

25 but when our father said, 'Go again, and buy us some food,'

Genesis 44:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:25

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 ) .

Genesis 44:25 In-Context

23 You said to your servants, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.'

24 We went up to your servant my father and told him what my lord had said;

25 but when our father said, 'Go again, and buy us some food,'

26 we answered, 'We can't go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go down, because we can't see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

27 Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons: