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Our father said, `Go again, buy us a little food.`
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A Simple, Desperate Request
This verse is part of Judah's speech, recounting his father Jacob's words. As commentator John Gill notes, this request was made simply because the food they had previously purchased was running out. It highlights the family's ongoing desperation due to the severe famine and sets the stage for their necessary but dangerous return to Egypt.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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