Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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Context Readings
Joseph's Brothers Go To Egypt For Food
4 And Benjamin, Josephs brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest harm should meet him. 5 And the sons of Israel will come to buy in the midst of those coming; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph, he the ruler over the land, and he selling grain to all the people of the earth; and Joseph's brethren will come, and will worship before him the face to the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 12:10
And there shall be a famine in the land; and Abram will go down to Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was strong in the land.
Genesis 41:57
And all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy, for the famine was strong in all the earth.
Acts 7:11
And a famine came upon the whole land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great pressure: and our fathers found no food.
Genesis 26:1
And a famine shall be iu the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaak will go to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
Acts 11:28
And one of them having risen, Agabus by name, signified by the Holy Spirit a great famine was about to be upon the whole habitable globe: which was during Claudius Caesar.