²⁰ and said, "Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

³ Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

¹⁰ They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

²⁷ As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging-place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

³⁵ It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

³ Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'

⁷ They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"