When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
Genesis 43:33 - New Revised Standard Version When they were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, the men looked at one another in amazement. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on 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 was amazed and said to those who followed him, “Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.