Genesis 42:2 - Easy To Read Version

² I heard there is grain in Egypt for sale. So let’s go there to buy grain. Then we can live instead of just letting ourselves 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

Genesis 43:2

The people ate all the grain they had brought from Egypt. When that grain was gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go to Egypt and buy some more grain for us to eat.”

Genesis 43:4

If you will send Benjamin with us, then we can go down and buy grain.

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Let Benjamin go with me. I will take care of him. We have to go to Egypt to get food. If we don’t go, then we will all die, including our children.

Genesis 45:9

Joseph said, “Hurry up and go to my father. Tell him his son Joseph sent this message.”

Psalm 118:17

I will live and not die.\par And I will tell what the Lord has done.\par

Psalm 33:18

The Lord watches and cares\par for his followers that wait for him\par to show his true love.\par

Psalm 33:19

God saves those people from death.\par He gives them strength\par when they are hungry.\par

Isaiah 38:1

At that time, Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered him, “It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [48]} \},

Acts 7:12

But Jacob heard that there was food \{stored\} in Egypt. So he sent our fathers {\cf2\super [129]} there. (This was their first trip to Egypt.)