Genesis 43:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.”
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““Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:”
King James Version · Public Domain“and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 43:20 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Genesis 42:10“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
- Genesis 42:27At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
- Genesis 42:35As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
- Genesis 43:3But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
- Genesis 43:7They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
- 1 Kings 3:17One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
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