Genesis 43:31
American Standard Version
And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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Genesis 43:31 in other translations
He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”
Genesis 43:31 in context
- 29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
- 30And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- 31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
- 32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- 33And 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.