Verse 2
Genesis 43:2
Literal Standard Version
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and it comes to pass, when they have finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, that their father says to them, “Return, buy for us a little food.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר כִּלּוּ֙ לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל אֶת הַ/שֶּׁ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵבִ֖יאוּ מִ/מִּצְרָ֑יִם וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ לָ֥/נוּ מְעַט אֹֽכֶל
English Translation
And it was when they had finished eating the leftover food that they had brought from Egypt, and he said to them, "Return, get us a little food."
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Chapter 43 Context
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And the famine is severe in the land;
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and it comes to pass, when they have finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, that t...
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And Judah speaks to him, saying, “The man protesting protested to us, saying, You do not see my face...
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if you are sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for you food,
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and if you are not sending—we do not go down, for the man said to us, You do not see my face without...
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And Israel says, “Why did you do evil to me, by declaring to the man that you had yet a brother?”
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And they say, “The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our family, saying, Is your fa...
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And Judah says to his father Israel, “Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do...
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I am guarantor for him, from my hand you require him; if I have not brought him to you, and set him...
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for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.”
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And their father Israel says to them, “If so, now, do this: take of the praised thing of the land in...
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and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags,...
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And take your brother, and rise, return to the man;
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and God (Elohim) Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he has sent to you your other...
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And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and th...
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and Joseph sees Benjamin with them and says to him who is over his house, “Bring the men into the ho...
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And the man does as Joseph has said, and the man brings in the men into the house of Joseph,
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and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, “For t...
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And they come near to the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak to him at the opening of th...
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and say, “O my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
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and it comes to pass, when we have come to the lodging-place, and open our bags, that behold, each o...
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and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in...
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And he says, “Peace to you, do not fear: your God (Elohim) and the God (Elohim) of your father has g...
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And the man brings in the men into Joseph’s house, and gives water, and they wash their feet; and he...
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and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they...
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And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the...
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and he asks of them of peace and says, “Is your father well? The aged man of whom you have spoken, i...
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And they say, “Your servant our father is well, he is yet alive”; and they bow, and pay respect.
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And he lifts up his eyes and sees his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and says, “Is this your yo...
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And Joseph hurries, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeks to weep, and enters...
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and he washes his face, and goes out, and refrains himself, and says, “Place bread.”
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And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating...
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And they sit before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the young one according to h...
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and he lifts up gifts from before him to them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the...
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