Genesis 43:20

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

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Interpretation

Jacob's sons went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not think it much to travel as far for spiritual food, as they did for bodily food.

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This thought runs through Genesis 43:20-24.

Genesis 43:20 Genesis 43:21 Genesis 43:22 Genesis 43:23 Genesis 43:24

Glossary

Egypt Place: The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.