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Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers

Genesis 43:19

In 11 translations

BSB
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
KJV
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
WEB
They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
ASV
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house,
LSV
And they come near to the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak to him at the opening of the house,
YLT
And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,
DBY
And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
DRC
Wherefore going up to the steward of the house, at the door,
GNV
Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, and communed with him at the doore of ye house.
JPS
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke unto him at the door of the house,
LXXE
And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,

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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
וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙ אֶל־הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו פֶּ֥תַח הַבָּֽיִת׃
LXX-Br
Προσελθόντες δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ, ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι τοῦ οἴκου,

Who and where

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

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