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Genesis 43:1-3
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Genesis 43:1-3
International Standard Version
Preparing to Return to Egypt
43 Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region. 2 As a result, when Jacob’s family[a] was beginning to eat the last of the grain that they had brought back from Egypt, their father Jacob[b] told his sons, “Go back to Egypt and buy us some food.”
3 But Judah reminded him, “The man distinctly warned us: ‘You’ll never see my face unless your brother comes with you.’
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- Genesis 43:2 Lit. As they
- Genesis 43:2 The Heb. lacks Jacob
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