Genesis 43:1–2
43 Now the famine in the land was severe. q 2 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.”
Genesis 43:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 Now the famine was still severe in the land. 2 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)
1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 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)
1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 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)
1 But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan. 2 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)
1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 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)
1 Still no food grew in the land of Canaan. 2 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)
1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 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)
1 And the famine was grievous in the land. 2 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)
1 The famine was severe in the land. 2 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)
1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 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)
1 Now the famine in the land was severe. 2 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)
1 There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land. 2 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)
1 Now the famine was severe in the land.
2 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.”