Genesis 44:25

25 And when our father said, 'Buy a little food for us,'

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 again see my face.'

24 And it happened [that] we went up to your servant, my father, and told him the words of my lord.

25 And when our father said, 'Buy a little food for us,'

26 then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother [is] with us, then we shall go down. For we will not be able to see the face of the man unless our youngest brother [is] with us.'

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