Genesis 42:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 42:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 42:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:5 — World English Bible

Genesis 42:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:5 — American Standard Version

Genesis 42:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,”

Genesis 42:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 42:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:5 — Darby Translation

Genesis 42:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:5 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 42:5 in Context — Genesis 42

3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And 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.

7 And 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.

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What Does Genesis 42:5 Mean?

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