Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 43:2

2 And it came to pass when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food .

He saith, a little, either to shew, that he took no thought to satisfie his or their curiosity or luxury, but onely their necessity, for which a little would suffice, and that they must all moderate their appetites, especially in a time of such scarcity: or to encourage them to the journey by suggesting to them that they needed not bring great stores but onely what was sufficient for that year, and that God would provide better for them hereafter so as they should not need to go so far for corn any more.