and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
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and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
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And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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and said: 'Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Genesis 43:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 42:3 Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Genesis 42:10 They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
- Genesis 42:27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
- Genesis 42:35 As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
- Genesis 43:3 Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’
- Genesis 43:7 They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed…
Gen 43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Ver. 20. O sir, we came indeed, &c.] We must not lie wretchlessly under suspicion of dishonesty; but carefully clear ourselves, as there is opportunity.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass when we came to…
And it came to pass when we came to the inn,.... Upon the road, on the first day's journey, to refresh themselves and their cattle:
that we opened our sacks; to give provender to our cattle; by which it appears that they all did this, though it is only said of one of them at the inn, and of all of them when they came home, Gen 42:27,
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and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; nothing wanting of it; it being usual in those times to pay money by weight, and not by the tale of pieces:
and we have brought it again in our hand; in order to pay it for the corn we have had, having no design to defraud.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. O sir, we came indeed - to…
Verse 20. O sir, we came indeed - to buy food] There is a frankness now in the conduct of Joseph's brethren that did not exist before; they simply and honestly relate the whole circumstance of the money being found in their sacks on their return from their last journey. Afflictions from the hand of God, and under his direction, have a wonderful tendency to humble the soul. Did men know how gracious his designs are in sending such, no murmur would ever be heard against the dispensations of Divine Providence.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. Oh my lord] Cf. Gen_44:18. The expression introduces…
20. Oh my lord] Cf. Gen_44:18. The expression introduces an appeal. The word for “my lord” (adoni) is rendered by LXX κύριε, and by the Lat. domine. See Num_12:11; Jdg_6:13; 1Sa_1:26; 1Ki_3:17; 1Ki_3:26.
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