20"Please, sir," they said, "we came down here the first time to buy food.


In Context

17 The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph's house.

18 Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, "We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys."

19 So they went up to Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

20 "Please, sir," they said, "we came down here the first time to buy food.

21 But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver-the exact weight-in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.

22 We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks."

Genesis 43:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:20And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:20They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:20and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:20and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:20and said, Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:20And said, O sir, we came down indeed at the first time to buy food:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:20and said, |Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

43:20and say, 'O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:20And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: