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Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers

Genesis 43:33

In 11 translations

BSB
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
KJV
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
WEB
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another.
ASV
And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.
LSV
And they sit before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;
YLT
And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;
DBY
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.
DRC
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much:
GNV
So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues.
JPS
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.
LXXE
And they sat before him, the first-born according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men looked with amazement every one at his brother.Gr. were amazed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו הַבְּכֹר֙ כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ וְהַצָּעִ֖יר כִּצְעִרָת֑וֹ וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκάθισαν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὁ πρωτότοκος κατὰ τὰ πρεσβεῖα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ νεώτερος κατὰ τὴν νεότητα αὐτοῦ· ἐξίσταντο δὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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