Genesis 43:33
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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.
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And they sat before him the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men were astonished, each man to his neighbor.
- ÅB
- Og han lot bære til dem av maten på sitt bord, og Benjamin fikk fem ganger så meget som enhver av de andre; og de drakk, og drakk seg glade med ham.
- OTB
- Mennene ble plassert foran ham i rekkefølge etter deres alder, fra den førstefødte til den yngste, og de så på hverandre i forundring.
- B1930
- Og han lot bære til dem av maten på sitt bord, og Benjamin fikk fem ganger så meget som enhver av de andre; og de drakk, og drakk sig glade med ham.