“And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:”
They said: we beg your pardon, our lord. We came down here the first time to buy food. The opening of the brothers' disclosure — we came to buy food — is the honest account of their original visit and what happened with the silver. The application: the honest account that begins with the original intent — we came to buy food — establishes the context for the problem that follows.
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