Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.In other versions
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
ASV
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.
BBE
So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
DBY
The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
WEB
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
YLT
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
ENG
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
WBT
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
BSB
In context
3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Israel