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Genesis 43:33

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43:33They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest.55 The men looked at each other in astonishment.56

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  1. 55 Heb “the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth.”
  2. 56 The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They were seated before him in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

NLTNew Living Translation

Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they were seated before him from the firstborn according to his birthright to the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another amazed.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.