NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And he said'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) Behold I have heard shama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) that there is yesh (yaysh) entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are corn sheber (sheh'-ber) grain (as if broken into kernels) -- corn, victuals. in Egypt Mitsrayim (mits-rah'-yim) Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. get you down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) thither and buy shabar (shaw-bar') to deal in grain -- buy, sell. for us from thence that we may live chayah (khaw-yaw') to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive and not die muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die." King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen," he went on, "I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die." International Standard Version Pay attention now! I've heard that there is grain in Egypt, so go down there and buy some grain for us, so we can live, instead of dying." NET Bible He then said, "Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die." GOD'S WORD® Translation I've heard there's grain for sale in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so that we won't starve to death." King James 2000 Bible And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. Links Genesis 42:2Genesis 42:2 NIV Genesis 42:2 NLT Genesis 42:2 ESV Genesis 42:2 NASB Genesis 42:2 KJV |
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