KJV ORIGINAL
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And our father said, 'Go back again and buy us a small amount of food.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows Jacob telling his sons to make another trip to Egypt to buy food during the severe famine.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the seven-year famine that Joseph had predicted while serving Pharaoh in Egypt. Jacob's family in Canaan had already made one trip to Egypt to buy grain, but their supplies were running low and they needed to return. Unknown to Jacob, his son Joseph was actually the Egyptian official in charge of distributing food.
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