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Judah Pleads for Benjamin

Genesis 44:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
KJV
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
WEB
Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
ASV
And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
LSV
and our father says, Return, buy for us a little food,
YLT
and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,
DBY
And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
DRC
And our father said: Go again, and buy us a little wheat.
GNV
And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,
JPS
And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.
LXXE
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָבִ֑ינוּ שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֥נוּ מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, βαδίσατε πάλιν καὶ ἀγοράσατε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα.

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◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 43:2So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
  • Genesis 43:5But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”

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