Genesis 42:3

42:3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:10

42:10 But they exclaimed, ¹  “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

Genesis 43:20

43:20 They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ²  the first time ³  to buy food.

Genesis 41:57

41:57 People from every country ⁴  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Genesis 42:5

42:5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, ⁵  for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:22

43:22 We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

[42:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and they said to him.” In context this is best understood as an exclamation.

[43:20]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the finite verbal form.

[43:20]  ² tn Heb “in the beginning” (see the note on the phrase “last time” in v. 18).

[41:57]  ¹ tn Heb “all the earth,” which refers here (by metonymy) to the people of the earth. Note that the following verb is plural in form, indicating that the inhabitants of the earth are in view.

[42:5]  ¹ tn Heb “in the midst of the coming ones.”