Genesis 42:2 - English Standard Version 2016 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt. Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want. |
And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.
And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.
Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.”
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit.