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Genesis 42:5

Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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Genesis 42:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

Genesis 42:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.

Genesis 42:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Along with many other people, the sons of Israel went to Egypt to buy grain, because the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry.

Genesis 42:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Genesis 42:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Israel’s sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan. 

Genesis 42:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Genesis 42:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then the sons of Israel went to buy grain amid those other people who went as well, for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.


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