Genesis 42:2 - Modern King James Version And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so 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 it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of 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, so that we may live and not die, both we and you, also our little ones.
Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, So says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not wait.
Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;
In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.
But He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."