GENESIS 43:33

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Genesis 43:33 Translation & Meaning

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And they sat וַיֵּֽשְׁב֣וּ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry sat
before him, לְפָנָ֔יו The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the firstborn הַבְּכֹר֙ First-born; hence, chief firstborn
according to his birthright, כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ The firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture according birthright
and the youngest וְהַצָּעִ֖יר Little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble youngest
according to his youth: כִּצְעִֽרָת֑וֹ Smallness (of age), i.e., juvenility according youth
and the men הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֖ים A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) men
marvelled וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ To be in consternation marvelled
one אִ֥ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) one
at אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to at
another. רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ An associate (more or less close) another

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  • 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.

  • 33  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.




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