Genesis 43:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:3 : 3 and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
  • Gen 42:10 : 10 And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;
  • Gen 42:27 : 27 and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it `is' in the mouth of his bag,
  • Gen 42:35 : 35 And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;
  • Gen 43:3 : 3 And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;
  • Gen 43:7 : 7 and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye 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?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:10
    83%

    10And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

  • Gen 43:21-26
    6 verses
    82%

    21and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one's money `is' in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;

    22and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.'

    23And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

    24And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph's house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses,

    25and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

    26And Joseph cometh 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;

  • Gen 43:17-19
    3 verses
    81%

    17And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph,

    18and 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 upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants -- our asses also.'

    19And they come nigh unto the man who `is' over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

  • Gen 43:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1And the famine `is' severe in the land;

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

    3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;

    4if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

  • Gen 44:23-26
    4 verses
    78%

    23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

    24`And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

    25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

    26and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

    8lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

  • Gen 43:7
    76%

    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye 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?'

  • Gen 43:15
    76%

    15And 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;

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

  • Gen 47:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1And he commandeth him who `is' over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men `with' food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

    2and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

  • Gen 42:33
    74%

    33`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

  • Gen 42:25
    73%

    25And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels `with' corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

  • Gen 47:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.

    15And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, `Give to us bread -- why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?'

  • Gen 43:10
    72%

    10for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

  • Gen 42:35
    72%

    35And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

  • Gen 50:18
    72%

    18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What `is' this God hath done to us!'

    29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

  • Gen 43:12
    72%

    12and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it `is' an oversight.

  • Gen 42:31
    72%

    31and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

  • Gen 47:4
    72%

    4and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous `is' the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 46:32
    71%

    32and the men `are' feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

  • Gen 42:21
    71%

    21And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

  • Gen 44:14
    71%

    14And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;