Genesis 42:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Common English Bible

⁵ Israel’s sons came to buy grain with others who also came since the famine had spread to the land of Canaan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 42:5 Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abim´elech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Genesis 41:57

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

2 Samuel 21:1

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gib´e-onites.

Acts 11:28

And there stood up one of them named Ag´abus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

Acts 7:11

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.