Genesis 44:25

25 And our father said, `Go again, and 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 And thou saidst unto thy servants, `Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.'

24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

25 And our father said, `Go again, and buy us a little food.'

26 And we said, `We cannot go down. If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down, for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

27 And thy servant, my father, said unto us, `Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;