Genesis 42:5

In 11 translations

BSB

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

KJV

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

WEB

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

ASV

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

LSV

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,

YLT

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

DBY

So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

DRC

And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

GNV

And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

JPS

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.

LXXE

And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

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WLC

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִשְׁבֹּ֖ר בְּת֣וֹךְ הַבָּאִ֑ים כִּֽי־הָיָ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

LXX-Br

Ἦλθον δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀγοράζειν μετὰ τῶν ἐρχομένων· ἦν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χαναάν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
• Genesis 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
• Acts 7:11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
• Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
• Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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