Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New American Standard Bible
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming,
King James Version
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Holman Bible
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
International Standard Version
Israel's sons went in a caravan that included others who were going to Egypt to buy grain, because the famine pervaded the land of Canaan, too.
A Conservative Version
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Amplified
So the sons of Israel came [to Egypt] to buy grain along with the others who were coming, for famine was in the land of Canaan also.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Israel will come to buy in the midst of those coming; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
King James 2000
And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among other that came, for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan.
NET Bible
So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
New Heart English Bible
The children of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn in the midst of them that came - for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Webster
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
World English Bible
The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 42:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph's Brothers Go To Egypt For Food
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him. 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
Acts 7:11
But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Acts 11:28
and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.