Genesis 42:2 - New International Version (Anglicised)

He continued, ‘I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.’

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King 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.

Genesis 42:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:3

Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Genesis 43:2

So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, ‘Go back and buy us a little more food.’

Genesis 43:4

If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah said to Israel his father, ‘Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

Genesis 45:9

Now hurry back to my father and say to him, “This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.

Psalm 118:17

I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

Psalm 33:18

But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

Psalm 33:19

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.’

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’

Acts 7:12

When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.