Gen 43:33 | NET2full | STEP | They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest . The men looked at each other in astonishment .

‏ Genesis 43:33

33 They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth.”} The men looked at each other in astonishment. ^{▼▼sn The brothers’ astonishment indicates that Joseph arranged them in this way. They were astonished because there was no way, as far as they were concerned, that Joseph could have known the order of their birth.}