Verse List for GEN 42:1

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OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile (up in the Canaan region), Yacob heard that there was grain available in Egypt, so he said to his sons, “Why are you just standing there looking at each other?

OET-LV And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) _he/it _saw if/because _that there_was grain in_Miʦrayim and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said to_sons _of_his to/for_what are _you(pl)_looking _at _one _another.

ULT Then Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, so Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

UST Meanwhile back in the region of Canaan, when Jacob heard that there was grain for sale in the country of Egypt, he told his sons, “Do not just stand around doing nothing!

BSB & MSB When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

OEB Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, and he said to his sons, ‘Why do you stand looking at each other?

WEBBE & WMBB Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

NET When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

LSV And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”

FBV When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?

T4T When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “◄Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!► [RHQ] We need some grain!”

LEB When Jacob realized that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

BBE Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

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JPS Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons: 'Why do ye look one upon another?'

ASV Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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

YLT And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'

Drby And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

RV Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
(Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye/you_all look one upon another?)

SLT And when Jacob shall see there is selling in Egypt, Jacob will say to his sons, For what will ye look?

Wbstr Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

KJB-1769 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
(Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye/you_all look one upon another?)

KJB-1611 ¶ Now when Iacob saw that there was corne in Egypt, Iacob said vnto his sonnes, Why doe ye looke one vpon an other?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Iacob seing that there was corne in Egypt, sayde vnto his sonnes: why gape ye one vpon another?
(And Yacob seeing that there was corn in Egypt, said unto his sons: why gape ye/you_all one upon another?)

Gnva Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?
(Then Yacob saw that there was food in Egypt, and Yacob said unto his sons, Why gaze ye/you_all one upon another?)

Cvdl Whan Iacob sawe that there was moch corne in Egipte, he sayde vnto his sonnes: Why gape ye?
(When Yacob saw that there was much corn in Egypt, he said unto his sons: Why gape ye/you_all?)

Wycl Forsothe Jacob herde that foodis weren seeld in Egipt, and he seide to hise sones, Whi ben ye necgligent?
(For_certain/Truly Yacob heard that foodis were sold in Egypt, and he said to his sons, Why been ye/you_all necgligent?)

Luth Da aber Jakob sah, daß Getreide in Ägypten feil war, sprach er zu seinen Söhnen: Was sehet ihr euch lange um?
(So but Yakob saw(v), that grain in Egypt for_sale was, spoke he to/for his sons: What see you(pl)/their/her you long um?)

ClVg Audiens autem Jacob quod alimenta venderentur in Ægypto, dixit filiis suis: Quare negligitis?[fn]
(Hearing however Yacob that food/provisions sellrentur in/into/on to_Egypt, he/she_said to_the_children to_his_own: Why neglectsis?)

UHB וַ⁠יַּ֣רְא יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּ⁠מִצְרָ֑יִם וַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ לְ⁠בָנָ֔י⁠ו לָ֖⁠מָּה תִּתְרָאֽוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἰδὼν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὅτι ἐστὶ πράσις ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, εἶπε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, ἱνατί ῥαθυμεῖτε;

BrTr And Jacob having seen that there was a sale of corn in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?