Genesis 43:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ They said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ and said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And said, O sir, we came down truly the first time to buy food;

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Common English Bible

²⁰ “Please, Master, we came down the first time just to buy food,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ they said: "We beg you, lord, to hear us. We came down once before to buy food.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us: We came down once before to buy food.

Genesis 43:20 Cross References

Genesis 42:10

They said to him, “No, my lord; your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:27

When one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money at the top of the sack.

Genesis 42:3

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Genesis 42:35

As they were emptying their sacks, there in each one’s sack was his bag of money. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

Genesis 43:19

So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 43:21

and when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each one’s money in the top of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it back with us.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:7

They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

1 Kings 3:17

The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.