Genesis 44:25

25 "¹Our father said, 'Go back, 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 "You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

24 "Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord .

25 "Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.'

26 "But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

27 "Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 43:2