Genesis 43:20

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…and they said, “Please, my lord, we surely came down the first time to buy food.

Latin

…locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, ut audias nos. Jam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas:

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 43:19–22

The brothers, completely vulnerable and feeling the weight of God’s judgment on their consciences, approached the manager in desperation.

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Related verses

Genesis 42:3
So 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 42:35
As 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 43:3
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
Genesis 42:27
At 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 43:7
They 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’?”

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Integrity: Jacob's Sons, when Accused by Joseph of Robbery Money: Silver Used As

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