Genesis 43:31
“And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himselfe, and saide, Set on bread.”
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Genesis 43:31 Context
29And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe his brother Beniamin, his mothers sonne, and said, Is this your yonger brother, of whom yee spake vnto mee? and he said, God be gracious vnto thee, my sonne. 30And Ioseph made haste: for his bowels did yerne vpon his brother: and he sought where to weepe, and hee entred into his chamber, & wept there. 31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himselfe, and saide, Set on bread. 32And they set on for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians which did eate with him, by themselues: because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Hebrewes: for that is an abomination vnto the Egyptians. 33And they sate before him, the first borne according to his birthright, and the yongest according to his youth: and the men marueiled one at another.
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And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
- King James Version
Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "Serve the meal."
- New American Standard Version (1995)