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."


In Context

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"

2 He 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."

3 Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:2I 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.

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.