GEN 43:33 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) At their table, the brothers were astonished to discover that they had been seated in order from the oldest to the youngest.

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 Ἐκάθισαν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὁ πρωτότοκος κατὰ τὰ πρεσβεῖα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ νεώτερος κατὰ τὴν νεότητα αὐτοῦ· ἐξίσταντο δὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.
(Ekathisan de enantion autou, ho prōtotokos kata ta presbeia autou, kai ho neōteros kata taʸn neotaʸta autou; existanto de hoi anthrōpoi hekastos pros ton adelfon autou. )

BrTr And they sat before him, the first-born according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men [fn]looked with amazement every one at his brother.

ULT And they were sitting before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men were astonished each to his neighbor.

UST Joseph’s brothers were sitting at a table facing his table in the order of their ages, from the oldest to the youngest. When they noticed that, they were amazed and stared at one another.

BSB They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

OEB Joseph’s brothers were seated before him, the eldest according to his right as the oldest and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at each other in astonishment.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

LSV 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;

FBV The brothers had been seated in front of him in order by age, from the firstborn, the oldest, down to the youngest, and they looked at each other in complete surprise.[fn]

43:33 It would of course have been impossible for anyone without intimate family knowledge to do this.

T4T His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!

LEB And they were seated before him from the firstborn according to his birthright to the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another[fn] amazed.

43:33 Literally “each to his companion”

BBE And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.

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JPS And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.

ASV And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.

DRA They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much:

YLT And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;

Drby And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.

RV And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one with another.

Wbstr And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men wondered one at another.

KJB-1769 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

KJB-1611 And they sate before him, the first borne according to his birthright, and the yongest according to his youth: and the men marueiled one at another.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And they satte before hym the first borne, according to his age, & the youngest according to his youth: and the men merueyled among them selues.
(And they satte before him the firstborn, according to his age, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men merueyled among themselves.)

Gnva So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues.
(So they sat before him: the eldest according unto his age, and the youngest according unto his youth. and the men marvelled among themselves. )

Cvdl And they were set ouer agaynst him, the first borne acordinge to his first byrth, and the yongest after his youth. They marueled at it amonge them selues,
(And they were set over against him, the firstborn according to his first byrth, and the youngest after his youth. They marvelled at it among themselves,)

Wycl Therfor thei saten bifore hym, the firste gendrid bi the rite of his firste gendryng, and the leeste bi his age; and thei wondriden greetli,
(Therefore they saten before him, the first gendrid by the rite of his first gendryng, and the leaste by his age; and they wondered greatly,)

Luth Und man setzte sie gegen ihn, den Erstgebornen nach seiner Erstgeburt und den Jüngsten nach seiner Jugend. Des verwunderten sie sich untereinander.
(And man sat they/she/them gegen him/it, the Erstgebornen after his Erstgeburt and the Yüngsten after his Yugend. Des verwunderten they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves untereinander.)

ClVg sederunt coram eo, primogenitus juxta primogenita sua, et minimus juxta ætatem suam. Et mirabantur nimis,
(sederunt before eo, primogenitus next_to primogenita sua, and minimus next_to ætatem suam. And mirabantur nimis, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

לְ⁠פָנָ֔י⁠ו

to/for,before,him

Alternate translation: “in front of him”

הַ⁠בְּכֹר֙ כִּ⁠בְכֹ֣רָת֔⁠וֹ וְ⁠הַ⁠צָּעִ֖יר כִּ⁠צְעִרָת֑⁠וֹ

the,firstborn according_to,birthright,his and,the,youngest according_to,youth,his

Alternate translation: “according to their age order, from oldest to youngest,” or “in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest,”

וַ⁠יִּתְמְה֥וּ הָ⁠אֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵֽ⁠הוּ

and,looked_~_inastonishment the,men (a)_man to/towards his/its=neighbour

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “so they looked at each other in amazement.” or “When they saw that, they were amazed and stared at one another.”

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