Genesis 44:25

25 And when ¹our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little 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 Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again. ’

24 “When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

25 And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food, ’

26 we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot 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.

Cross References

• 1. 44:25 ch. 43:2