Genesis 42:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For, he said, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; get down there and buy [grain] for us, that we may live and not die.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

Common English Bible

² I’ve just heard that there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we can survive and not starve to death.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution."

Genesis 42:2 Cross References

Genesis 43:8

And Yehuḏah said to Yisra’ĕl his father, “Send the boy with me, and let us arise and go, and live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.

Matthew 4:4

But He answering, said, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of יהוה.’ ”

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Ḥizqiyahu was sick and near death. And Yeshayahu the prophet, the son of Amots, came to him, and said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Command your house, for you are going to die and not live.’ ”

Psalm 118:17

Let me not die, but live, And declare the works of Yah.

Genesis 45:9

Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Yosĕph, Elohim has made me master of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me, do not delay.

Genesis 43:4

“If you let our brother go with us, we go down and buy you food.

Genesis 43:2

And it came to be, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Mitsrayim, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”

Acts 7:12

“But Ya‛aqoḇ heard that there was grain in Mitsrayim, and he sent out our fathers the first time,

Genesis 42:3

And Yosĕph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Mitsrayim.

Psalm 33:18

See, the eye of יהוה is on those fearing Him, On those waiting for His loving-commitment,

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their being from death, And to keep them alive during scarcity of food.