Génesis 43:33

33 Los hermanos de José estaban sentados frente a él, de mayor a menor, y unos a otros se miraban con asombro.

Génesis 43:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 43:33

And they sat before him
At a table, so placed that they were in his sight, and he had a full view of them: the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according
to his youth;
everyone according to his age, Reuben, the firstborn, first, and so on to Benjamin the youngest: thus they placed themselves as they used to be in their father's family, or they were so placed by Joseph; and if this was the case, it may be a reason, and a principal one, of what follows: and the men marvelled one at another;
not the Egyptians, the guests of Joseph, seeing eleven brethren placed in this manner, and these being Hebrews, taken so much notice of; but Joseph's brethren, who either wondered at the manner of their being seated so regular, according to their age; or at the honour done them to dine with the governor, and at the grandeur of the entertainment, and at the separate manner in which the governor, and the nobles of Egypt, sat at meals; or at what follows.

Génesis 43:33 In-Context

31 Después se lavó la cara y, ya más calmado, salió y ordenó: «¡Sirvan la comida!»

32 A José le sirvieron en un sector, a los hermanos en otro, y en otro más a los egipcios que comían con José. Los egipcios no comían con los hebreos porque, para los habitantes de Egipto, era una abominación.

33 Los hermanos de José estaban sentados frente a él, de mayor a menor, y unos a otros se miraban con asombro.

34 Las porciones les eran servidas desde la mesa de José, pero a Benjamín se le servían porciones mucho más grandes que a los demás. En compañía de José, todos bebieron y se alegraron.