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genesis 43:32 So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, who ate with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians.
32. Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an
abomination--The prejudice probably arose from the detestation in
which, from the oppressions of the shepherd-kings, the nation held all
of that occupation.