Genesis 43 Parallel Bible

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1	And the famine [is] severe in the land;	Now the famine was severe in the land.	Now the famine was still severe in the land.
2	and it comes to pass, when they have finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, that their father says to them, “Return, buy for us a little food.”	And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”	So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
3	And Judah speaks to him, saying, “The man protesting protested to us, saying, You do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;	But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’	But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
4	if you are sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for you food,	If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.	If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5	and if you are not sending—we do not go down, for the man said to us, You do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.”	But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”	But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
6	And Israel says, “Why did you do evil to me, by declaring to the man that you had yet a brother?”	Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”	Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
7	And they say, “The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our family, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? And we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?”	They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”	They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”
8	And Judah says to his father Israel, “Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and you, and our infants.	And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.	Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.
9	I am guarantor [for] him, from my hand you require him; if I have not brought him to you, and set him before you—then I have sinned against you all the days;	I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.	I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
10	for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.”	If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”	As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.”
11	And their father Israel says to them, “If so, now, do this: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;	Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.	Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
12	and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, you take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight.	Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.	Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
13	And take your brother, and rise, return to the man;	Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man.	Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.
14	and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he has sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved—I am bereaved.”	May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”	And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
15	And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;	So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.	So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
16	and Joseph sees Benjamin with them and says to him who [is] over his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for the men eat with me at noon.”	When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.”	When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”
17	And the man does as Joseph has said, and the man brings in the men into the house of Joseph,	The man did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house.	The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph’s house.
18	and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, “For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in—to roll himself on us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants—our donkeys also.”	And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.”	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	And they come near to the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak to him at the opening of the house,	So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house,	So they went up to Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20	and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;	and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.	“We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food.
21	and it comes to pass, when we have come to the lodging-place, and open our bags, that behold, each one’s money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;	And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us,	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	and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.”	and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”	We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in our sacks.”
23	And he says, “Peace to you, do not fear: your God and the God of your father has given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came to me”; and he brings out Simeon to them.	He replied, “Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.	“It’s all right,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24	And the man brings in the men into Joseph’s house, and gives water, and they wash their feet; and he gives provender for their donkeys,	And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder,	The steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys.
25	and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they eat bread.	they prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.	They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
26	And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;	When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.	When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
27	and he asks of them of peace and says, “Is your father well? The aged man of whom you have spoken, is he yet alive?”	And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”	He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”
28	And they say, “Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive”; and they bow, and pay respect.	They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.	They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
29	And he lifts up his eyes and sees his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and says, “Is this your young brother, of whom you have spoken to me?” And he says, “God favor you, my son.”	And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”	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	And Joseph hurries, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeks to weep, and enters the inner chamber, and weeps there;	Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.	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	and he washes his face, and goes out, and refrains himself, and says, “Place bread.”	Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”	After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”
32	And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.	They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.	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	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;	And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.	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.
34	and he lifts up gifts from before him to them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, indeed, they drink abundantly with him.	Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.	When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
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Genesis 43 Parallel Bible Translations