Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said, "Please, my lord, we surely came down once before to buy food,
New American Standard Bible
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,
King James Version
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Holman Bible
They said, “Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.
International Standard Version
"Your Excellency," they said, "The first time we came here to buy food,
A Conservative Version
and said, Oh, my lord, we indeed came down at the first time to buy food.
American Standard Version
and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Amplified
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down here the first time to buy food;
Bible in Basic English
And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
Darby Translation
and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say, With leave my lord, coming down, we came down at the beginning to buy food.
King James 2000
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Modern King James verseion
and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and said, "Sir, we came hither at the first time to buy food,
NET Bible
They said, "My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
New Heart English Bible
and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
The Emphasized Bible
and said, May it please my lord! We, did indeed come down, at the beginning to buy food.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
and say, 'O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Feast At Joseph's Palace
19 So they approached the man who [was] over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the doorway of the house. 20 And they said, "Please, my lord, we surely came down once before to buy food, 21 but when we came to the place of lodging and we opened our sacks, then behold, each one's money [was] in the mouth of his sack--our money in its [full] weight--so we have returned [with] it in our hands.
Cross References
Genesis 42:3
And the ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Genesis 42:10
And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Genesis 42:27
And one [of them later] opened his sack to give fodder to his donkey at the lodging place and saw his money--behold, it [was] in the mouth of his sack.
Genesis 42:35
And it happened [that when] they emptied their sacks, behold, each one's pouch of money [was] in his sack. And when they and their father saw the pouches of their money, they were greatly distressed.
Genesis 43:3
Then Judah said to him, "The man solemnly admonished us, saying, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother [is] with you.'
Genesis 43:7
And they said, "The man asked explicitly about us and about our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?' And we answered him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring down your brother'?"