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Genesis 42:1

NETBible	When Jacob heard¹ there was grain in Egypt, he² said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”³
NIV © biblegateway Gen 42:1	When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:1	Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?"
NLT © biblegateway Gen 42:1	When Jacob heard that there was grain available in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you standing around looking at one another?
MSG © biblegateway Gen 42:1	When Jacob learned that there was food in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you sit around here and look at one another?
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 42:1	Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 42:1	When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you keep looking at one another?
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 42:1	When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
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KJV	Now when Jacob <03290> saw <07200> (8799) that there was <03426> corn <07668> in Egypt <04714>_, Jacob <03290> said <0559> (8799) unto his sons <01121>_, Why do ye look <07200> (8691) one upon another?
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:1	Now Jacob <03290> saw <07200> that there <03426> was grain <07668> in Egypt <04714> , and Jacob <03290> said <0559> to his sons <01121> , "Why <04100> are you staring <07200> at one another?"
LXXM	idwn <3708> V-AAPNS de <1161> PRT iakwb <2384> N-PRI oti <3754> CONJ estin <1510> V-PAI-3S prasiv {N-NSF} en <1722> PREP aiguptw <125> N-DSF eipen {V-AAI-3S} toiv <3588> T-DPM uioiv <5207> N-DPM autou <846> D-GSM ina <2443> CONJ ti <5100> I-ASN rayumeite {V-PAI-2P}
NET [draft] ITL	When <03588> Jacob <03290> heard <07200> there was <03426> grain <07668> in Egypt <04714> , he <03290> said <0559> to his sons <01121> , “Why <04100> are you looking at <07200> each other?”
HEBREW	wartt <07200> hml <04100> wynbl <01121> bqey <03290> rmayw <0559> Myrumb <04714> rbs <07668> sy <03426> yk <03588> bqey <03290> aryw (42:1) <07200>

NETBible

When Jacob heard¹ there was grain in Egypt, he² said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “saw.”

²tn Heb “Jacob.” Here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³sn Why are you looking at each other? The point of Jacob’s question is that his sons should be going to get grain rather than sitting around doing nothing. Jacob, as the patriarch, still makes the decisions for the whole clan.