## The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves. The Egyptians there ate with him by themselves ## “The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves and the Egyptians, who were eating with him, by themselves" ## because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is detestable to the Egyptians ## This could be translated as a new sentence: "They did this because the Egyptians thought it was shameful to eat with the Hebrews." ## The men were astonished together ## "The men were very surprised when they realized this"