Genesis 42:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“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.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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.'

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“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.”

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

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.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

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.”

Revised Version ☆

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.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And he said, Behold, I have heard that corn is sold in Mizraim: go down thither, and buy us from thence, and we shall live, and not die.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

World English Bible ☆

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.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

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.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

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.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

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.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

Y herde that wheete is seeld in Egipt, go ye doun, and bie ye necessaries to vs, that we moun lyue, and be not wastid bi nedynesse.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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;'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And he said, Hinei, I have heard that there is shever (grain) in Mitzrayim; get you down to there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَقَالَ «إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ قَمْحٌ فِي مِصْرَ. ٱنْزِلُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَٱشْتَرُوا لَنَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ لِنَحْيَا وَلَا نَمُوتَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အီ​ဂျစ်​ပြည်​၌​စပါး​ရှိ​ကြောင်း​ငါ​ကြား​ရ​သည်။ ငါ​တို့​အ​စာ​ငတ်​၍​မ​သေ​ကြ​စေ​ရန်​သင်​တို့ ထို​ပြည်​သို့​သွား​၍​စ​ပါး​ဝယ်​ကြ​လော့'' ဟု စေ​ခိုင်း​လေ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အဲဂုတ္တု ပြည်၌ စပါး ရှိ ကြောင်း ကို ငါကြား ရပြီ။ ငါတို့သည်မ သေ အသက်ရှင် မည်အကြောင်း ၊ ထို ပြည်သို့ သွား ၍ ငါ တို့အဘို့ ကို ဝယ် ကြလော့ဟု မိမိ သား တို့အား ဆို သည်အတိုင်း၊

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Khenah, Izip prae ah cang oh, tiah ka thaih; caeh o tathuk loe, a duek o han ai a hing o thai hanah, cang to qan oh, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

phoeiah, “Egypt ah cangtham om tila ka yaak dongah he, n'duek uh pawt tih n'hing uh mak atah te lam khaw cet uh lamtah mah hamla koivawn uh saw,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

phoeiah, “Egypt ah cangtham om tila ka yaak dongah he, n'duek uh pawt tih n'hing uh mak atah te lam khaw cet uh lamtah mah hamla koivawn uh saw,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我听见 埃及有粮，你们可以下去，从那里为我们籴些来，使我们可以存活，不至于死。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我聽見 埃及有糧，你們可以下去，從那裏為我們糴些來，使我們可以存活，不至於死。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

他说：“看哪，我听说埃及有粮食。你们下到那里去，从那里为我们买些来，使我们可以存活，不至于死亡。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Čujem da ima žita u Egiptu. Otiđite dolje te nam ga odande nabavite da ostanemo na životu i ne pomremo.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I mluvil jim: Aj, slyšel jsem, že mají potravu v Egyptě; jděte tam, a kupte nám odtud, abychom živi byli a nezemřeli.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Og han sagde: “Jeg hører, at der er Korn at få i Ægypten; drag ned og køb os noget, at vi kan blive i Live og undgå Døden!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Voorts zeide hij: Ziet, ik heb gehoord, dat er koren in Egypte is; trekt daarhenen af, en koopt ons koren van daar, opdat wij leven en niet sterven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ik heb gehoord, dat er koren is in Egypte. Trekt daarheen, en gaat er wat voor ons kopen, zodat we in leven blijven en niet sterven.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj li diris: Mi aŭdis, ke oni vendas grenon en Egiptujo; veturu do tien kaj aĉetu por ni tie grenon, por ke ni vivu kaj ne mortu.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et il dit : Voici, j’ai appris qu’il y a du blé en Égypte ; descendez-y, et achetez-nous-en là, afin que nous vivions, et que nous ne mourions pas.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et il dit: Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé à vendre en Égypte; descendez-y, et achetez-nous-y du blé, afin que nous vivions, et ne mourions point.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Il dit: Voici, j’apprends qu’il y a du blé en Égypte; descendez-y, pour nous en acheter là, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Il dit : « Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé en Égypte. Descendez-y, et achetez-en pour nous là-bas, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und er sprach: Siehe, ich habe gehört, daß Getreide in Ägypten ist; ziehet hinab und kaufet uns von dort Getreide, daß wir leben und nicht sterben.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Siehe, ich höre, es sei in Ägypten Getreide feil; zieht hinab und kauft uns Getreide, daß wir leben und nicht sterben.

German Textbibel ☆

Da sprach er: Ich höre mit Bestimmtheit, daß es in Ägypten Getreide giebt. Zieht hin und holt uns von dort Getreide, damit wir am Leben bleiben und nicht sterben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Siehe, ich höre, es gebe in Ägypten Korn; reiset dort hinab und kauft uns daselbst Getreide, daß wir leben und nicht sterben!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἰδοὺ ἀκήκοα ὅτι ἐστὶ σῖτος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ· κατάβητε ἐκεῖ καὶ πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα, ἵνα ζήσωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἰδοὺ ἀκήκοα, ὅτι ἐστὶ σῖτος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ· κατάβητε ἐκεὶ, καὶ πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα, ἵνα ζήσωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen tande y'ap vann ble nan peyi Lejip. Desann non, al achte ble pou nou ka viv pou nou pa mouri grangou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Olelo aku la ia, Aia hoi, ua lohe au, ho ai ma Aigupita, E iho aku oukou ilaila, e kuai i ai na kakou, i ola kakou, aole e make.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣נוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְנִחְיֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א נָמֽוּת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר הנה שמעתי כי יש שבר במצרים רדו שמה ושברו לנו משם ונחיה ולא נמות׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Poi disse: Ecco, io ho udito che in Egitto v'è del grano da vendere; scendete là, e compratacene di là; e noi viveremo, e non morremo .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poi disse: “Ecco, ho sentito dire che c’è del grano in Egitto; scendete colà per comprarcene, onde possiam vivere e non abbiamo a morire”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼は言った。「見よ、エジプトに穀物があると聞いた。そこへ下り、私たちのために買って来なさい。そうすれば、私たちは死なずに生き延びられる。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

야곱이 또 이르되 `내가 들은즉 저 애굽에 곡식이 있다 하니 너희는 그리로 가서 거기서 우리를 위하여 사오라 그리하면 우리가 살고 죽지 아니하리라 !' 하매

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga lohng mu oasr wheat in acn Egypt. Tal fahla nu we ac molema kutu nasr, kut in tia masrinsral nwe misa.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

audivi quod triticum venundetur in Ægypto: descendite, et emite nobis necessaria, ut possimus vivere, et non consumamur inopia.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و گفت: «اینک شنیده‌ام که غله در مصر است، بدانجابروید و برای ما از آنجا بخرید، تا زیست کنیم ونمیریم.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Ele disse: “Eis que ouvi dizer que há cereal no Egito. Desçam até lá e comprem para nós, para que vivamos e não morramos.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E disse: Eis que, eu ouvi que há alimentos no Egito; descei ali, e comprai dali para nós, para que possamos viver, e não nos morramos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi a spus: Iată, eu am auzit că sunt grâne în Egipt; coborâţi acolo şi cumpăraţi pentru noi de acolo; ca să trăim şi să nu murim.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши а зис: „Ятэ, ауд кэ есте грыу ын Еӂипт; коборыци-вэ ши кумпэраци-не грыу де аколо, ка сэ трэим ши сэ ну мурим.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал: вот, я слышал, что есть хлеб в Египте; пойдите туда и купите нам оттуда хлеба, чтобы нам жить и не умереть.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I reče: Eto čujem da u Misiru ima žita; idite onamo te nam kupite otuda, da ostanemo živi i ne pomremo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И рече: Ето чујем да у Мисиру има жита; идите онамо те нам купите отуда, да останемо живи и не помремо.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nayumvîrhe bambwîra oku e Mîsiri eri engano y’okukaguza. Bungulukiragi yo ninyu mujigula kuli eyo ngano y’eyo munda lyo rhulama rhulek’ifà.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y dijo: He aquí, yo he oído que hay víveres en Egipto; descended allá, y comprad de allí para nosotros, para que podamos vivir, y no nos muramos.

Spanish BLL ☆

Y añadió: “He oído que hay trigo en Egipto. Bajen allá y compren trigo para nosotros, para que podamos sobrevivir y no muramos”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y dijo: «He aquí, he oído que hay trigo en Egipto; descended allá, y comprad de allí para nosotros, para que podamos vivir, y no muramos».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y él dijo: He tenido noticias de que hay grano en Egipto; desciende allí y compra grano para nosotros, para que la vida y no la muerte sean nuestras.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y añadió: Miren, oí que hay grano en Egipto. Bajen allá y compren algo para nosotros a fin de que vivamos y no muramos.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea pehē ʻe ia, Vakai, kuo u fanongo ʻoku ai ʻae koane ʻi ʻIsipite: mou ʻalu ki ai, pea mou fakatau maʻatautolu mei ai; koeʻuhi ke tau moʻui, kae ʻikai mate.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Я ж чув, що є хлїб в Египтї. Рушайте туди, та купіте таменьки хлїба, щоб нам жити, не повмірати.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Я ж чув, що є хлїб в Египтї. Рушайте туди, та купіте таменьки хлїба, щоб нам жити, не повмірати.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lại rằng: Nầy, cha nghe dưới xứ Ê-díp-tô có lúa bán; bay hãy xuống đó mua lúa cho chúng ta, hầu cho chúng ta sống và khỏi chết, chớ!

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ־שָׁ֨מָּה֙ וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣נוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְנִחְיֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א נָמֽוּת׃