Genesis 44:25
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Genesis 44:25 in other translations
| BSB | Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’ |
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| WEB | Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’ |
| ASV | And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. |
| YLT | and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food, |
| DARBY | And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. |
| BBE | And our father said, Go again and get us a little food. |
| Webster | And our father said, Go again; buy us a little food. |
What does Genesis 44:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 44:16-34
16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:18-34
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them. Judah's faithful cleaving to Benjamin, now, in his distress, was recompensed long afterwards by the tribe of Benjamin keeping with the tribe of Judah, when the other tribes deserted it. The…
Genesis 44:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:25
- Genesis 43:2
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.
- Genesis 43:5
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
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Context
- Genesis 44:24
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- Genesis 44:25
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
- Genesis 44:26
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, except our youngest brother be with us.
Genesis 44:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo nuestro padre: Volved á comprarnos un poco de alimento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et notre père dit: Retournez, achetez-nous un peu de vivres; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und unser Vater sprach: Ziehet wieder hin, kaufet uns ein wenig Speise. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit pater noster: Revertimini, et emite nobis parum tritici. |