Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
New American Standard Bible
So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”
King James Version
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Holman Bible
When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us some food.”
International Standard Version
As a result, when Jacob's family was beginning to eat the last of the grain that they had brought back from Egypt, their father Jacob told his sons, "Go back to Egypt and buy us some food."
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Amplified
And it happened that when the families of Jacob’s sons had finished eating [all of] the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall be when they finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, their father will say to them, Turn back, buy for us a little food.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it happened [that] as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, "Return and buy a little food for us."
Modern King James verseion
And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when they had eaten up that corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt, their father said unto them, "Go again and buy us a little food."
NET Bible
When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Return, buy us a little more food."
New Heart English Bible
It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
The Emphasized Bible
So it came to pass when they had made an end of eating the corn which they had brought in out of Egypt, that their father said unto them, - Return buy for us a little food.
Webster
And it came to pass, when they had consumed the corn which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
World English Bible
It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, 'Turn back, buy for us a little food.'
Themes
jacob » Sends to egypt to buy corn (grain)
Judah » Son of jacob » Goes down into egypt for corn (grain)
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph's Brothers Return To Egypt
1 Now the land was in bitter need of food. 2 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food. 3 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
Cross References
Genesis 42:1-2
Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?
Genesis 43:4
If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
Genesis 43:20
And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 31:16
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit: