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2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, Israel said to his sons, |Go back and buy us a little more food.| 3 Judah said to him, |The man gave us a severe warning: 'You won't be allowed to see me again unless your brother is with you.' 4 If you let our brother go with us, we'll go and buy food for you. 5 If you won't let him go, we won't go. The man said to us, 'You won't be allowed to see me again unless your brother is with you.'| 6 Israel asked, |Why have you made trouble for me by telling the man you had another brother?| 7 They answered, |The man kept asking about us and our family: 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' We simply answered his questions. How could we possibly know he would say, 'Bring your brother here'?| Genesis 43:2-7, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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