31After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, "Serve the food."


In Context

28 They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed low to pay him honor.

29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son, he asked, "Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?" And he said, "God be gracious to you, my son."

30 Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.

31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, "Serve the food."

32 They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians.

33 The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.

Genesis 43:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

43:31And when he had washed his face, coming out again, he refrained himself, and said: Set bread on the table.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

43:31He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, |Serve the meal.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

43:31and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, 'Place bread.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

43:31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.