GEN 47:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then Yosef told the people, “Listen, now that I’ve bought you and your land for Far’oh, here is seed for you so that you can work the ground.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Εἶπε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πᾶσι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ἰδοὺ κέκτημαι ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν σήμερον τῷ Φαραῷ· λάβετε ἑαυτοῖς σπέρμα, καὶ σπείρατε τὴν γῆν.
(Eipe de Yōsaʸf pasi tois Aiguptiois, idou kektaʸmai humas kai taʸn gaʸn humōn saʸmeron tōi Faraōi; labete heautois sperma, kai speirate taʸn gaʸn. )

BrTr And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.

ULT Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you so that you can sow the ground.

UST Next Joseph announced to the Egyptian people, “Listen, now that you and your farmland belong to King Pharaoh, here are some seeds for you so that you can plant them in the fields.

BSB Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day here is seed for you to sow in the land.

OEB Then Joseph said to the people, ‘I have bought you and you land today for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you, and you must sow the land.

WEBBE Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.

LSV And Joseph says to the people, “Behold, I have bought you today and your ground for Pharaoh; behold, seed for you, and you have sown the ground,

FBV Then Joseph told the people, “Listen to me! Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, I'm giving you some seed for you to sow the fields.

T4T Joseph said to the people who sold themselves and their land to him, “Listen to me! Today I have bought you and your land for the king. So here are seeds for you so that you can plant them in the ground.

LEB No LEB GEN book available

BBE Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS Then Joseph said unto the people: 'Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

ASV Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

DRA Then Joseph said to the people: Behold as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao: take seed and sow the fields,

YLT And Joseph saith unto the people, 'Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,

Drby And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow the land.

RV Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
(Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye/you_all shall sow the land. )

SLT And Joseph will say to the people, Behold, I bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, seed for you, and sow ye the land.

Wbstr Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

KJB-1769 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
(Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye/you_all shall sow the land. )

KJB-1611 Then Ioseph said vnto the people, Behold, I haue bought you this day, and your land for Pharaoh: Loe, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva Then Ioseph sayd vnto the people, Behold, I haue bought you this daye, and your lande for Pharaoh: lo, here is seede for you: sowe therefore the grounde.
(Then Yoseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you: sow therefore the ground. )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos: En ut cernitis, et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet: accipite semina, et serite agros,
(He_said therefore Yoseph to to_the_peoples: En as seesis, and you and the_earth/land your Pharaoh get_itt: receivese semina, and serite fields, )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־הָ⁠עָ֔ם

and=he/it_said Yōşēf/(Joseph) to/towards the,people

Alternate translation: [Then Joseph declared to the Egyptian people]

הֵן֩

Alternate translation: [Look]

קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְ⁠כֶ֥ם הַ⁠יּ֛וֹם וְ⁠אֶת־אַדְמַתְ⁠כֶ֖ם לְ⁠פַרְעֹ֑ה

I_have_procured/acquired DOM,you_all the=day and=DOM land_of,your_all's for,Pharaoh

Alternate translation: [now that I have acquired you and your fields for King Pharaoh] or [now that you and your fields belong to King Pharaoh]

הֵֽא־לָ⁠כֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע

here to/for=you_all seed/offspring

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [I am giving you some seeds]

וּ⁠זְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָ⁠אֲדָמָֽה

and,sow DOM the=soil

See how you translated “sowed” in Gen 26:12. Alternate translation: [to plant in the fields]

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