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Genesis 42:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan [also].
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thus came in the sons of Israel, to buy corn, in the midst of them that came—for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the sonnes of Israel came to buy corne among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the sons of Israel came to buy grain with those that came; for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the sons of Yisrael came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Kenaan.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל 3478
{3478} Prime
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisra'el
{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
came 935
{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
to buy 7666
{7666} Prime
שָׁבַר
shabar
{shaw-bar'}
Denominative from H7668; to deal in grain.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
[corn] among 8432
{8432} Prime
תָּוֶךְ
tavek
{taw'-vek}
From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre.
those that came: 935
{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
the famine 7458
{7458} Prime
רָעָב
ra`ab
{raw-awb'}
From H7456; hunger (more or less extensive).
was x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
in the land 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
of Cænä`an כְּנָעַן. 3667
{3667} Prime
כְּנַעַן
K@na`an
{ken-ah'-an}
From H3665; humiliated; Kenaan, a son of Ham; also the country inhabited by him.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Genesis 42:5

_ _ the famine was in the land of Canaan — The tropical rains, which annually falling swell the Nile, are those of Palestine also; and their failure would produce the same disastrous effects in Canaan as in Egypt. Numerous caravans of its people, therefore, poured over the sandy desert of Suez, with their beasts of burden, for the purchase of corn; and among others, “the sons of Israel” were compelled to undertake a journey from which painful associations made them strongly averse.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Genesis 42:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.
Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.
Acts 7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Acts 11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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