Verse Comparison: Genesis 42:5
American Standard Version
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Amplified® Bible
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger {and} general lack of food in the land of Canaan.
Contemporary English Version
So Jacob's sons joined others from Canaan who were going to Egypt because of the terrible famine.
Darby English Version
So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Good News Bible
The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
King James Version
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New American Standard Bible
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan {also.}
New International Version
So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
New King James Version
And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan also.
Revised Standard Version
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
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