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Genesis 42:2

NETBible	He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us¹ so that we may live² and not die.”³
NIV © biblegateway Gen 42:2	He continued, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:2	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."
NLT © biblegateway Gen 42:2	I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down and buy some for us before we all starve to death."
MSG © biblegateway Gen 42:2	I've heard that there is food in Egypt. Go down there and buy some so that we can survive and not starve to death."
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 42:2	And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 42:2	I have heard," he said, "that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die."
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 42:2	And he said, "Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die."
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, I have heard <08085> (8804) that there is <03426> corn <07668> in Egypt <04714>_: get you down <03381> (8798) thither, and buy <07666> (8798) for us from thence; that we may live <02421> (8799)_, and not die <04191> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:2	He said <0559> , "Behold <02009> , I have heard <08085> that there <03426> is grain <07668> in Egypt <04714> ; go <03381> down <03381> there <08033> and buy <07666> some for us from that place <08033> , so that we may live <02421> and not die <04191> ."
LXXM	idou <2400> INJ akhkoa <191> V-RAI-1S oti <3754> CONJ estin <1510> V-PAI-3S sitov <4621> N-NSM en <1722> PREP aiguptw <125> N-DSF katabhte <2597> V-AAD-2P ekei <1563> ADV kai <2532> CONJ priasye {V-AMD-2P} hmin <1473> P-DP mikra <3398> A-APN brwmata <1033> N-APN ina <2443> CONJ zwmen <2198> V-PAI-1P kai <2532> CONJ mh <3165> ADV apoyanwmen <599> V-AAS-1P
NET [draft] ITL	He then said <0559> , “Look <02009> , I hear <08085> that <03588> there is <03426> grain <07668> in Egypt <04714> . Go down <03381> there <08033> and buy <07666> grain for us so that we may live <02421> and not <03808> die <04191> .”
HEBREW	twmn <04191> alw <03808> hyxnw <02421> Msm <08033> wnl <0> wrbsw <07666> hms <08033> wdr <03381> Myrumb <04714> rbs <07668> sy <03426> yk <03588> ytems <08085> hnh <02009> rmayw (42:2) <0559>

NETBible

He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us¹ so that we may live² and not die.”³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and buy for us from there.” The word “grain,” the direct object of “buy,” has been supplied for clarity, and the words “from there” have been omitted in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²tn Following the imperatives, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav expresses purpose of result.

³tn The imperfect tense continues the nuance of the verb before it.