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Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers

Genesis 43:17

In 11 translations

BSB
The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
KJV
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
WEB
The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
ASV
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
LSV
And the man does as Joseph has said, and the man brings in the men into the house of Joseph,
YLT
And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph,
DBY
And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
DRC
He did as he was commanded, and brought the men into the house.
GNV
And the man did as Ioseph bad, and brought the men vnto Iosephs house.
JPS
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
LXXE
And the man did as Joseph said; and he brought the men into the house of Joseph.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ הָאִ֔ישׁ כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֣ר יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיָּבֵ֥א הָאִ֛ישׁ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים בֵּ֥יתָה יוֹסֵֽף׃
LXX-Br
Ἐποίησε δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος καθὰ εἶπεν Ἰωσήφ· καὶ εἰσήγαγε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἰωσήφ.

Who and where

👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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