Genesis 43:20

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ¹  the first time ²  to buy food.

"Please, sir," they said, "we came down here the first time to buy food.

and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

They said to him, "Sir, after our first trip to Egypt to buy food,

They said, "Listen, master. We came down here one other time to buy food.

And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;

They said, "Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;

and said, "O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ¹  the first time ²  to buy food.

¹ tn The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the finite verbal form.

² tn Heb “in the beginning” (see the note on the phrase “last time” in v. 18).