Yet the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain—to Joseph—because the famine was severe in the whole world.
Nehemiah 5:2 - Tree of Life Version There were those who said, “We and our sons and our daughters are numerous. We must take grain, so we may eat and live.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For some said, We, our sons and daughters, are many; therefore allow us to take grain, that we may eat and live! If we are not given grain, let us take it! American Standard Version (1901) For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live. Common English Bible Some said, “With our sons and daughters we are many, and we all need grain to eat and stay alive.” Catholic Public Domain Version And there were those who were saying: "Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us take up corn for the price of them; and let us eat and live. |
Yet the whole world came to Egypt to buy grain—to Joseph—because the famine was severe in the whole world.
Then he said, “Look! I’ve heard that there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some grain for us there so that we’ll live and not die.”
Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Please, send the boy with me and we’ll get up and go, so that we’ll live and not die—we and you, and our children.
Why should we die before your eyes—both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food—we and our land will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Provide seed so that we may live and not die, and the land won’t be deserted.”
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses in order to obtain grain during the famine.”
You sowed much but bring in little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but not enough to get filled. You put on clothes but no one is warm. And whoever earns wages works for a bag full of holes.”
If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
You are not to bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the House of Adonai your God for any vow, for both of these are detestable to Adonai your God.