◄ Genesis 43:20 ►
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Good News Translation
"If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food.

New Revised Standard Version
They said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;

Contemporary English Version
"Sir, we came to Egypt once before to buy grain.

New American Bible
“If you please, sir,” they said, “we came down here once before to buy food.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came down once before to buy food:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came down once before to buy food:

we came indeed down.

Genesis 43:3,7 Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you. . . .

Genesis 42:3,10,27,35 So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt: . . .

Context
Joseph's Hospitality to His Brothers
…19Wherefore, going up to the steward of the house, at the door, 20They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came down once before to buy food:21And when we had bought, and were come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.…
Cross References
Genesis 43:19
Wherefore, going up to the steward of the house, at the door,

Genesis 43:21
And when we had bought, and were come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.

Genesis 43:19
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