Verse 20

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De sa: 'Unnskyld oss, herre, vi kom ned første gang for å kjøpe mat.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  og sa: Herre, vi kom ned første gangen for å kjøpe mat,

• Norsk King James

  Og sa: "Å, herre, vi kom ned første gangen for å kjøpe mat:"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mens vi var på herberge og åpnet sekkene våre, oppdaget vi at hver manns penger lå på toppen av sekken, våre egne penger fullvektige. Så vi har brakt dem tilbake med oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De sa: Unnskyld oss, herre, vi kom for å kjøpe mat tidligere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og sa: Herre, vi kom hit første gangen for å kjøpe mat.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og de sa: 'Herre, vi kom faktisk ned for første gang for å kjøpe mat.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og sa: Herre, vi kom hit første gangen for å kjøpe mat.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De sa: «Herre, vi kom første gang for å kjøpe mat.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They said, "Please, my lord, we came down here before to buy food.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.43.20", "source": "וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֑י יָרֹ֥ד יָרַ֛דְנוּ בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לִשְׁבָּר־אֹֽכֶל׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmərû* *bî* *ʾăḏōnî* *yārōḏ* *yāraḏnû* *ba-təḥillâ* *lišbār*-*ʾōḵel*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmərû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said", "*bî*": "preposition + 1st common singular suffix - please/by your leave (lit: in me)", "*ʾăḏōnî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my lord", "*yārōḏ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - going down/descending", "*yāraḏnû*": "Qal perfect, 1st common plural - we went down/descended", "*ba-təḥillâ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - at the beginning/at first", "*lišbār*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to buy", "*ʾōḵel*": "noun, masculine singular - food/grain" }, "variants": { "*bî*": "please/excuse me/oh (particle of entreaty)", "*yārōḏ yāraḏnû*": "we indeed went down/we surely came down (emphatic construction)", "*lišbār*": "to buy/to purchase/to procure", "*ʾōḵel*": "food/grain/provisions" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  "Unnskyld, herre," sa de. "Vi kom hit første gang for å kjøpe mat.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det skede, der vi kom i Herberget og oplode vore Poser, see, da havde hver sine Penge oven i sin Pose, vore Penge med deres Vægt; derfor have vi ført dem med os igjen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og sa: Herre, vi kom faktisk ned første gang for å kjøpe mat,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og sa: "Herre, vi kom virkelig ned første gangen for å kjøpe mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De sa: «Herre, vi kom virkelig ned første gang for å kjøpe mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og sa: Å, herre, vi kom virkelig ned første gang for å kjøpe mat.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da vi kom til hvilestedet vårt, åpnet vi sekkene våre, og da så vi at hver manns penger lå øverst i sekken, alle pengene i full vekt, og vi har dem med oss for å gi dem tilbake.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sayde: Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye food

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sayde: Syr, we came downe at the first to bye foode,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sayde: oh sir, we came downe hyther at the fyrst tyme to bye foode.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and said, "Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:3 : 3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
• Gen 42:10 : 10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.
• Gen 42:27 : 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the inn, he saw his money; for behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
• Gen 42:35 : 35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
• Gen 43:3 : 3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.
• Gen 43:7 : 7 And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?