Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
They said, “Sir, we really did come down here the first time only 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:
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said, "Please, my lord, we surely came down once before 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 Joseph’s steward
Cross References
Genesis 42:3
So 10 of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Genesis 42:10
“No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.
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 money there at the top of the bag.
Genesis 42:35
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us: ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’
Genesis 43:7
They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”