Genesis 44:21

NETBible

“Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see 1  him.’ 2 

NIV ©

"Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’

NASB ©

"Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.’

NLT ©

And you said to us, ‘Bring him here so I can see him.’

MSG ©

"Then you told us, 'Bring him down here so I can see him.'

BBE ©

And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

NRSV ©

Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’

NKJV ©

"Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

KJV
And thou saidst
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unto thy servants
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Bring him down
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unto me, that I may set
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mine eyes
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upon him.
NASB ©
"Then you said
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to your servants
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, 'Bring
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him down
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to me that I may set
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my eyes
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on him.'
LXXM
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PRT
toiv
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T-DPM
paisin
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N-DPM
sou
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P-GS
katagagete
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V-AAD-2P
auton
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D-ASM
prov
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PREP
me
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P-AS
kai
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CONJ
epimeloumai
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V-PMI-1S
autou
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D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
“Then you told
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your servants
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, ‘Bring
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him down
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to
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me so I can see
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him.’
HEBREW
wyle
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ynye
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hmyvaw
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yla
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whdrwh
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Kydbe
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la
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rmatw (44:21)
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NETBible

“Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see 1  him.’ 2 

NET Notes

1 tn The cohortative after the imperative indicates purpose here.

2 tn Heb “that I may set my eyes upon him.”