Genesis Chapter 43 verse 25 Holy Bible
And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.
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And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.
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And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
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They made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat breadPGBR> there. This must have been communicated to them after they had entered Joseph's palace, since they had obviously not learnt it upon the way thither (vide supra, ver. 18).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) For they heard . . . --As Joseph in Genesis 43:16 gives his orders in the Egyptian language, his brethren would not understand why they were taken to the governor's palace; but probably the steward now tells them that they were to feast with the governor, in order to allay their fears, as the rights of hospitality were too sacred to permit of perfidy to a guest.
