Genesis 43:4

43:4 If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 43:20

43:20 They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

tn Heb “if there is you sending,” that is, “if you send.”

tn The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the finite verbal form.

tn Heb “in the beginning” (see the note on the phrase “last time” in v. 18).