GEN 43:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki: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).

BrLXX λέγοντες, δεόμεθα, κύριε· κατέβηεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα.
(legontes, deometha, kurie; katebaʸen taʸn arⱪaʸn priasthai brōmata. )

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;

WEBBE and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

WMBB (Same as above)

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;

Moff No Moff 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;

Drby 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:

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

KJB-1769 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:[fn]

43.20 we…: Heb. coming down we came down

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And said, O Sir, we came indeed downe at the first time to buy food.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

43:20 Cha.42.3

43:20 Heb. comming downe we came downe.

Bshps 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.)

Gnva 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, )

Cvdl and sayde: Syr, we came downe at the first to bye foode,
(and said: Syr, we came down at the first to buy foode,)

Wycl 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;)

Luth und sprachen: Mein Herr, wir sind vorhin herabgezogen, Speise zu kaufen.
(and said: My Lord, we/us are vorhin herabgezogen, food to kaufen.)

ClVg locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, ut audias nos. Jam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas:
(locuti are: Oramus, domine, as audias nos. Yam before descendimus as emeremus escas: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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

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”

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