Genesis 43:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And Yosĕph saw Binyamin with them, and said to the one over his house, “Bring the men home, and make a great slaughter, and prepare, for these men are to eat with me at noon.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house and kill an animal and make ready, for the men will dine with me at noon.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, “Bring the men to the house and slaughter an animal and prepare it because the men will have dinner with me at noon.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And when he had seen them and Benjamin together, he instructed the steward of his house, saying: "Lead the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feast, because they will be eating with me at midday."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And when he had seen them, and Benjamin with them, he commanded the steward of his house, saying: Bring in the men into the house, and kill victims, and prepare a feas;: because they shall eat with me at noon.

Genesis 43:16 Cross References

Genesis 15:2

And Aḇram said, “Master יהוה, what would You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eli‛ezer of Dammeseq?”

Genesis 21:8

And the child grew and was weaned, and Aḇraham made a great feast on the day that Yitsḥaq was weaned.

Genesis 26:30

And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 31:54

And Ya‛aqoḇ slaughtered a slaughtering on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 43:17

And the man did as Yosĕph said, and the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So they came near to the man over the house of Yosĕph, and spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as they are able to bear, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 44:4

And when they had gone out of the city, not having gone far, Yosĕph said to the one over his house, “Rise up, follow the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

Proverbs 9:2

She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also prepared her table.

1 Samuel 25:11

“And shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”