Genesis 43:31-33

Easy-to-Read Version

³¹ Then Joseph washed his face and came out. He regained control of himself and said, “Now it is time to eat.”

³² The servants seated Joseph at a table by himself. His brothers were at another table by themselves, and the Egyptians were at a table by themselves. The Egyptians believed that it was wrong for them to eat with Hebrews.^{[a] 33} Joseph’s brothers were seated at a table facing him. The brothers were looking at each other because, to their surprise, they had been seated in order, from the oldest to the youngest.