Genesis 43:2
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And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:1
In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.

Genesis 43:3
Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.

Genesis 44:25
And our father said: Go again, and buy us a little wheat.

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And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:4,20 If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee. . . .

Genesis 42:1,2 And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless? . . .

Proverbs 15:16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

Proverbs 31:16 She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

1 Timothy 5:8 But if any man have not care of his own and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. . . .

Context
The Return to Egypt with Benjamin
1In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land. 2And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food.3Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.…
Lexicon
So when
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

[Jacob’s sons] had eaten all
כִּלּוּ֙ (kil·lū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

the grain
הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר (haš·še·ḇer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7668: Corn, grain

they had brought
הֵבִ֖יאוּ (hê·ḇî·’ū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from Egypt,
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

their father
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to them,
אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“Go back
שֻׁ֖בוּ (šu·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

and buy
שִׁבְרוּ־ (šiḇ·rū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7666: To deal in grain

a little more
מְעַט־ (mə·‘aṭ-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

food
אֹֽכֶל׃ (’ō·ḵel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 400: Food

for us.”
לָ֥נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And it came to pass, when they had consumed the corn which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, 'Turn back, buy for us a little food.'
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