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OET (OET-RV) explaining, “Please, my master, honestly, we came down here the first time to buy food.
OET-LV And_they_said pardon_us my_master/master indeed_(come_down) we_came_down in/on/at/with_first_time to_buy food.
UHB וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֑י יָרֹ֥ד יָרַ֛דְנוּ בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לִשְׁבָּר־אֹֽכֶל׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmərū biy ʼₐdoniy yārod yāradnū battəḩillāh lishəbār-ʼokel.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And they said, “Please, my lord, we surely came down here the first time to buy food.
UST and said, “Excuse us, sir, one time before this, we traveled all the way down here to Egypt to buy some grain.
BSB “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
OEB and said, ‘Oh, my lord, we came down the first time only to buy food;
WEB and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
NET They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
LSV and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
FBV “Please excuse us, my lord,” they said. “We came down the first time to buy food,
T4T one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
LEB And they said, “Please, my lord, we surely came down once before to buy food,
BBE And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS and said: 'Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food.
ASV and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
DRA They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food:
YLT and say, 'O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
DBY and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
RV and said, Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
WBS And said, O sir, we came down indeed at the first time to buy food:
KJB And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:[fn]
(And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:)
43.20 we…: Heb. coming down we came down
BB And sayde: oh sir, we came downe hyther at the fyrst tyme to bye foode.
(And said: oh sir, we came down hither at the first time to buy foode.)
GNV And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,
(And said, Oh syr, we came indeed down hither at the first time to buy foode, )
CB and sayde: Syr, we came downe at the first to bye foode,
(and said: Syr, we came down at the first to buy foode,)
WYC Lord, we preien that thou here vs; we camen doun now bifore that we schulden bie metis;
(Lord, we preien that thou/you here us; we came down now before that we should buy metis;)
LUT und sprachen: Mein Herr, wir sind vorhin herabgezogen, Speise zu kaufen.
(and said: My Herr, wir are vorhin herabgezogen, food to kaufen.)
CLV locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, ut audias nos. Jam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas:
(locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, as audias nos. Yam ante descendimus as emeremus escas: )
BRN saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.
BrLXX λέγοντες, δεόμεθα, κύριε· κατέβηεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα.
(legontes, deometha, kurie; katebaʸen taʸn arⱪaʸn priasthai brōmata. )
43:19-22 The brothers, completely vulnerable and feeling the weight of God’s judgment on their consciences, approached the manager in desperation.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
and=they_said
Alternate translation: “They said to him,” or “One of them said to him on behalf of them all,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / honorifics
בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֑י
oh my=master/master
The brothers are asking the servant for permission to speak. Translate this in a way that is respectful in your language. Alternate translation: “Excuse me sir,” or “Sir, please allow us to speak to you.”
יָרֹ֥ד יָרַ֛דְנוּ בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לִשְׁבָּר אֹֽכֶל
to_come_down we_came_down in/on/at/with,first_time to,buy food
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “the previous time we came down here to Egypt, we came to buy some food” or “one time before this, we traveled all the way down here to Egypt and bought some food”