KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 42:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Look,” he added, “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.”
WEB World English Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
he saith also, ‘Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;’
Surrounding context — Genesis 42
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
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.
3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforיֶשׁ־H3426 · yeshthereשֶׁ֖בֶרH7668 · she.vergrainבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptרְדוּ־H3381 · ya.radto go downשָׁ֙מָּה֙H8033 · shamthereוְשִׁבְרוּ־H7666 · sha.varto buy grainלָ֣נוּH9035 · nuusמִשָּׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereוְנִחְיֶ֖הH2421 · cha.yahto liveוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotנָמֽוּת׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Genesis 43:8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, [and] also our little ones.Genesis 43:4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:Genesis 43:2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.Isaiah 38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.Psalm 118:17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.Genesis 45:9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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