New American Standard Bible 1995

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So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
So it came to fall out, come to pass, become, be Verb H1961 וַיְהִ֗י vay·hi
Analysis:
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about when according as, as, when H3512    
they had finished to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Verb H3615 כִּלּוּ֙ kil·lu
eating to eat Verb H398 לֶאֱכֹ֣ל le·'e·chol
the grain corn, grain Noun H7668 הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר ha·she·ver,
which who, which, that Particle H834 כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר ka·'a·sher
they had brought to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 הֵבִ֖יאוּ he·vi·'u
from Egypt, a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa Noun H4714 מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם mim·mitz·ra·yim;
Analysis:

Egypt is often associated with the secular world. We become enslaved to our worldly desires, such as job, money, cars. In other words the world or (Egypt) looks good and very tempting until we get so wrapped up in it that we become a slave to it.

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that their father father Noun H1 אֲבִיהֶ֔ם a·vi·hem,
said to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai·yo·mer
to them, "Go back, to turn back, return Verb H7725 שֻׁ֖בוּ shu·vu
buy to buy grain Verb H7666 שִׁבְרוּ־ shiv·ru-
us a little a little, fewness, a few sub H4592 מְעַט־ me·'at-
food." food Noun H400 אֹֽכֶל׃ o·chel.

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Egypt

EGYPTe'-jipt:I. THE COUNTRY1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric RacesII. THE HISTORY1. 1st and 2nd Ages: Prehistoric 2. 3d Age: Ist and IInd Dynasties 3. 4th Age: IIIrd through VIth Dynasties 4. 5th Age: VIIth through XIVth Dynasties 5.... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."
King James Bible So And it came about to pass, when they had finished eating eaten up the grain corn which they had brought from out of Egypt, that their father said to unto them, "Go back, Go again, buy us a little food."
Hebrew Greek English So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."