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Genesis 43

Gen. 43:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, O
biy (Hebrew #994)
properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with "my Lord"); Oh that!; with leave, or if it please
KJV usage: alas, O, oh.
Pronounce: bee
Origin: perhaps from 1158 (in the sense of asking)
sir
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
, θwe came indeed
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
at the first time
tchillah (Hebrew #8462)
a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Pronounce: tekh-il-law'
Origin: from 2490 in the sense of opening
to buy
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
food
'okel (Hebrew #400)
food
KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Pronounce: o'-kel
Origin: from 398
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coming down, we came down.

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Cross References

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we came indeed down.
Heb. coming down we came down.
Gen. 43:3,7• 3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
 7And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? (Gen. 43:3,7)
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Gen. 42:3,10,27,35• 3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
 10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
 27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
 35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. (Gen. 42:3,10,27,35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.