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Genesis 43:1–2

Decision to Return to Egypt

43 Now the famine in the land was severe. q When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us some food.”

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Genesis 43:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Now the famine was severe in the land. And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the famine was sore in the land. And 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.

Genesis 43:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan. When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Now the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Still no food grew in the land of Canaan. When Jacob’s family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go to Egypt again and buy a little more grain for us to eat.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The famine was severe in the land. When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, Israel said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 

Genesis 43:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Now the famine was severe in the land. And when they had eaten up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Now the famine in the land was severe. And it happened that as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, “Return and buy a little food for us.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land. After a while Jacob’s family had eaten all of the grain the brothers had brought from Egypt.

So their father said to them, “Go back. Buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now the famine was severe in the land.

So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”


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