Genesis 42:2
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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.“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.”
In other translations
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.“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.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009שָׁמַעְתִּיshama'tiI have heardH8085כִּיkithatH3588יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426שֶׁבֶרshever[is] grainH7668בְּמִצְרָיִםbemitzrayimin EgyptH4714רְדוּ־redu-go downH3381שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033וְשִׁבְרוּ־veshivru-and buy grainH7666לָנוּlanufor <the> usמִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033וְנִחְיֶהvenichyehso we may liveH2421וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נָמוּת׃namutwe will dieH4191
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 43:8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- Isaiah 38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Psalm 118:17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
- Genesis 43:2And 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.So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Genesis 45:9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Genesis 43:4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
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People and places
Places: Egypt