GEN 42:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, I’ve heard that they’re selling grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we won’t just starve to death here.”[ref]

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἰδοὺ ἀκήκοα, ὅτι ἐστὶ σῖτος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ· κατάβητε ἐκεὶ, καὶ πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα, ἵνα ζήσωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν.
(Idou akaʸkoa, hoti esti sitos en Aiguptōi; katabaʸte ekei, kai priasthe haʸmin mikra brōmata, hina zaʸsōmen kai maʸ apothanōmen. )

BrTr Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.

ULT And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us from there so that we will live and not die.”

UST Listen to this! I heard that there is grain for sale in the country of Egypt. So go down there and buy some for us and our families to eat, so that we can stay alive and not starve to death.”

BSB “Look,” he added, “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.”

OEB I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt; go down there and buy for us, so that we may live and not die.’

WEBBE He 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.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

LSV He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;

FBV I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're going to die!”

T4T He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”

LEB No LEB GEN book available

BBE And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And 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.'

ASV And 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.

DRA 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.

YLT he 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;'

Drby And 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.

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

SLT Behold I heard that there is selling in Egypt: go ye there, and buy grain for us from thence; and we shall live and shall not die.

Wbstr And 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.

KJB-1769 And 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.
(And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither/there, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. )

KJB-1611 And hee said, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, and bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.
(And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is food in Egypt, Get you down thither/there, and buy us food thence, that we may live and not die. )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg audivi quod triticum venundetur in Ægypto: descendite, et emite nobis necessaria, ut possimus vivere, et non consumamur inopia.
(I_heard that triticum venundetur in/into/on to_Egypt: came_downe, and buyse us necessaria, as we_can to_live, and not/no consumamur poverty. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֕אמֶר

and=he/it_said

For some languages it is more natural to omit the quote margin here, because the same person (Jacob) is still talking to the same people (his sons). Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: [Then he added]

הִנֵּ֣ה

see/lo/see!

Alternate translation: [Look]

שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי

I_heard

Alternate translation: [I learned] or [Someone told me]

כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּ⁠מִצְרָ֑יִם

that/for/because/then/when there_is grain in/on/at/with,Egypt

Alternate translation: [that there is much grain for sale in the country of Egypt] or [that the country of Egypt has a lot of grain that people can buy]

Note 2 topic: writing-politeness

רְדוּ־שָׁ֨מָּ⁠ה֙

go_down there,to

Make sure that the way you translate Jacob’s command to his sons does not sound rude or harsh. Alternate translation: [So I want you to go there] or [So please go down there]

וְ⁠שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣⁠נוּ מִ⁠שָּׁ֔ם

and,buy to/for=us from=there

Alternate translation: [and buy some grain for us all]

וְ⁠נִחְיֶ֖ה

and,live

Alternate translation: [so that we will survive] or [so that we will stay alive]

וְ⁠לֹ֥א נָמֽוּת

and=not die

Alternate translation: [and not die from hunger]

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