2I 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.


In Context

1 And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

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.

3 So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

4 Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

Genesis 42:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:2And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:2He continued, "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."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:2And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: go down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:2He 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:2he 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;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.