Genesis 43:2 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.`

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

And when [the families of Jacob's sons] had eaten up the grain which the men had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when [the families of Jacob's sons] had eaten up the grain which the men had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

Jacob's family ate all the food that they had brought from Egypt. So Jacob said to his sons, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more food for us.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people ate all the grain they had brought from Egypt. When that grain was gone, Jacob said to his sons, "Go to Egypt and buy some more grain for us to eat."

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."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy a little food for us.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, "Go again and buy us a little food."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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."

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

And it happened 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.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So when they had used up all the rations they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back and procure us a little more food."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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."

English NIV

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."

English NKJ 1982

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.”

English NLT

When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, "Go again and buy us a little food."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When all the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us more food.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when they had eaten the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, their father said to them, “Go again and buy us a little food.“

English Tyndale 1537

And when they had eaten up that corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt, their father said unto them: go again and buy us a little food.