Genesis 47:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte? bye us and oure landes for bread: and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao. Geue vs seed that we may lyue and not dye and that the londe goo not to wast.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore suffrest thou both vs to dye, and oure londe? Take vs and oure lade for bred, that we and oure lande maye be bonde vnto Pharao: geue vs sede, that we maye lyue and not dye, & yt the lande become not a wildernesse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Why shall we perish in thy sight, both we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bonde to Pharaoh: therefore giue vs seede, that we may liue and not dye, and that the land go not to waste.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherefore lettest thou vs dye before thine eyes, both we and our lande? bye vs and our land for bread, and both we and our lande wyll be bounde vnto Pharao: onlye geue vs seede, that we may lyue, and not dye, & that the lande go not to waste.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 5:2-3 : 2 Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.' 3 Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.'
  • Job 2:4 : 4 Satan answered the LORD, 'Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has for his own life.'
  • Lam 1:11 : 11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to stay alive. "Look, LORD, and consider, for I am despised."
  • Lam 5:6 : 6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
  • Lam 5:9 : 9 We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 47:20
    84%

    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 47:13-18
    6 verses
    83%

    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

    14Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

    15When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

    16Joseph said, 'Bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for them if your money is gone.'

    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. He provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

  • Gen 47:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22Only the land of the priests he did not buy, because they received a fixed provision from Pharaoh and lived on that provision which Pharaoh gave them; therefore, they did not sell their land.

    23Then Joseph said to the people, 'Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow in the land.'

    24When the harvest comes, you must give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The remaining four parts will be yours as seed for the field, as food for yourselves, for those in your households, and for your children to eat.

    25They replied, 'You have saved our lives! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.'

    26So Joseph established it as a law in Egypt to this day: A fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 47:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 41:55-57
    3 verses
    75%

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

    56The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt.

    57And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 41:36
    75%

    36This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 47:6
    74%

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

  • Gen 42:10
    73%

    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

  • Jer 42:14
    73%

    14Instead, you say, 'No, we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, hear the sound of the trumpet, or suffer hunger for bread. There we will stay.'

  • Gen 44:9
    73%

    9"If any of your servants is found with it, he will die, and we will also become my lord's slaves."

  • Gen 43:2
    73%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Neh 9:36
    73%

    36Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

  • Exod 14:12
    73%

    12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

  • Gen 45:18
    72%

    18Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.

  • Acts 7:11
    72%

    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 44:7
    72%

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Gen 44:19
    72%

    19My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

  • Num 14:3
    71%

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Gen 45:10
    71%

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.