Genesis 43:20
New International Version
“We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food.

New Living Translation
“Sir,” they said, “we came to Egypt once before to buy food.

English Standard Version
and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.

Berean Standard Bible
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

King James Bible
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

New King James Version
and said, “O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

New American Standard Bible
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

NASB 1995
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

NASB 1977
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

Legacy Standard Bible
and they said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

Amplified Bible
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down here the first time to buy food;

Christian Standard Bible
They said, “My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They said, “Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

American Standard Version
and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they said to him, “We beg our Lord, truly we went down at the first to buy grain:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.

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

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

English Revised Version
and said, Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Please, sir," they said, "we came here to buy food once before.

Good News Translation
"If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food.

International Standard Version
"Your Excellency," they said, "The first time we came here to buy food,

JPS Tanakh 1917
and said: 'Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food.

Literal Standard Version
and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

Majority Standard Bible
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

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

NET Bible
They said, "My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

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

New Heart English Bible
and said, "My lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

Webster's Bible Translation
And said, O sir, we came down indeed at the first time to buy food:

World English Bible
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

Young's Literal Translation
and say, 'O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Joseph's Hospitality to His Brothers
19So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. 20“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food. 21But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.…

Cross References
Genesis 43:19
So they approached Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 43:21
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.


Treasury of Scripture

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

we came indeed down.

Genesis 43:3,7
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you…

Genesis 42:3,10,27,35
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt…

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Genesis 43
1. Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin.
15. Joseph entertains his brothers.
19. They discover their fears to the steward.
26. Joseph makes them a feast.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Please,
בִּ֣י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 994: Oh that!, with leave, if it please

sir,”
אֲדֹנִ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

they said,
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“we really did come down
יָרֹ֥ד (yā·rōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

here the first time
בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה (bat·tə·ḥil·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8462: A commencement, rel, original

to buy
לִשְׁבָּר־ (liš·bār-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7666: To deal in grain

food.
אֹֽכֶל׃ (’ō·ḵel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 400: Food


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