Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
Genesis 43:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another in amazement. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [Joseph's brothers] were given seats before him–the eldest according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another amazed [that so much was known about them]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They were seated in front of him from the oldest to the youngest in their exact birth order, and the men looked at each other with amazement. Catholic Public Domain Version they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his state of life. And they wondered exceedingly, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much: |
Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this one is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head.”
six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.