Genesis 43:34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
KJV
sumptis partibus quas ab eo acceperant : majorque pars venit Benjamin, ita ut quinque partibus excederet. Biberuntque et inebriati sunt cum eo.
Vulgate
ἦραν δὲ μερίδα παρ’ αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐμεγαλύνθη δὲ ἡ μερὶς Βενιαμεὶν παρὰ τὰς μερίδας πάντων πενταπλασίως πρὸς τὰς ἐκείνων. ἔπιον δὲ καὶ ἐμεθύσθησαν μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
ASV
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֨א מַשְׂאֹ֜ת מֵ/אֵ֣ת פָּנָי/ו֮ אֲלֵ/הֶם֒ וַ/תֵּ֜רֶב מַשְׂאַ֧ת בִּנְיָמִ֛ן מִ/מַּשְׂאֹ֥ת כֻּלָּ֖/ם חָמֵ֣שׁ יָד֑וֹת וַ/יִּשְׁתּ֥וּ וַֽ/יִּשְׁכְּר֖וּ עִמּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel. That people which was called of old the people of God was divided into twelve tribes, and over and above the other tribes it had the levitical order, which itself again carried on the service of God in various priestly and levitical suborders. In the same manner, it appears to me that the whole people of Christ, when we regard it in t…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:5 — But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 2Sam 11:8 — And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
- Esth 1:10 — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence o
- Gen 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
- Gen 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.