Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Darby Translation
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was 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.
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 Jacob did not send Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, for {he feared harm would come to him}. 5 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. 6 Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He [was] the one who sold [food] to all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Cross References
Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 41:57
And every land came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.
Acts 7:11
And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Acts 11:28
And one of them {named} Agabus stood up [and] indicated by the Spirit [that] a great famine was about to come over the whole inhabited earth (which took place in the time of Claudius).