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


In Context

28 They said, |Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive.| They bowed the head, and did homage.

29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, |Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?| He said, |God be gracious to you, my son.|

30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

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

32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

43:31After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, "Serve the food."

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 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.