GEN 42:5 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) So Yisra’el’s sons found themselves among many others who went to buy grain, because the famine was also throughout the Canaan region.

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ULT And the sons of Israel came among those who came to buy grain, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.

UST Israel’s sons arrived in Egypt along with many other people who were coming there to buy food, because the severe food shortage was also affecting everyone in the region of Canaan.

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.

OEB So the sons of Jacob went among others to buy grain, 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.

NET So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe 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,

FBV So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.

T4T So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.

LEB Then the sons of Israel went to buy grain amid those other people who went as well, for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

BBE And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

BB And the sonnes of Irael came to bye corne among other that came: for there was dearth in the lande of Chanaan.
(And the sons of Irael came to buy corn among other that came: for there was dearth 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.
(And the sons of Israel came to buy foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan. )

CB So ye childre of Israel came to bye corne, amonge other yt came wt them: for there was derth also in ye lande of Canaan.
(So ye/you_all children of Israel came to buy corne, among other it came with them: for there was death also in ye/you_all land of Canaan.)

WYC Sotheli thei entriden in to the lond of Egipt, with othere men that yeden to bie; forsothe hungur was in the lond of Canaan.
(Truly they entered in to the land of Egypt, with other men that went to buy; forsothe hunger was in the land of Canaan.)

LUT Also kamen die Kinder Israels, Getreide zu kaufen, samt andern, die mit ihnen zogen, denn es war im Lande Kanaan auch teuer.
(So came the children Israels, grain to kaufen, samt andern, the with ihnen zogen, because it was in_the land Kanaan also teuer.)

CLV ingressi sunt terram Ægypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum. Erat autem fames in terra Chanaan.
(ingressi are the_earth/land Ægypti when/with aliis who pergebant to emendum. Erat however fames in earth/land Chanaan. )

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

BrLXX Ἦλθον δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀγοράζειν μετὰ τῶν ἐρχομένων· ἦν γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χαναάν.
(Aʸlthon de hoi huioi Israaʸl agorazein meta tōn erⱪomenōn; aʸn gar ho limos en gaʸ Ⱪanaʼan. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

and=they_came sons_of Yisrael

If it is not clear that Israel (verse 5) and “Jacob” (verse 4) refer to the same person, you could include the name Jacob here in your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: “The sons of Israel that is, Jacob” or “So the sons of Jacob, who was also called Israel,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙

and=they_came

Alternate translation: “came to Egypt”

בְּ⁠ת֣וֹךְ הַ⁠בָּאִ֑ים

in_the=middle the=(ones_who)_went

Alternate translation: “along with many other people who were going there” or “along with many other travelers”

כִּֽי & הָ⁠רָעָ֖ב

that/for/because/then/when & the,famine

See how you translated because the famine in Gen 41:57. Alternate translation: “because the extreme food shortage” or “because the extreme lack of food”

הָיָ֥ה & בְּ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן

it_became & in=land Kenaan

Alternate translation: “was also affecting everyone in the land of Canaan.” or “was also affecting the entire land of Canaan.”

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