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Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan

Genesis 42:29

In 11 translations

BSB
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
KJV
¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
WEB
They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
ASV
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
LSV
And they come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
YLT
And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
DBY
And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
DRC
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:
GNV
And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,
JPS
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:
LXXE
And they came to their father, Jacob, into the land of Chanaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ אֶל־יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶ֖ם אַ֣רְצָה כְּנָ֑עַן וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַקֹּרֹ֥ת אֹתָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ἦλθον δὲ πρὸς Ἰακὼβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν εἰς γὴν Χαναὰν, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ συμβάντα αὐτοῖς, λέγοντες,

Who and where

👤 Canaan👤 Jacob (Israel)📍 Canaan◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

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