Genesis 47:19
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.
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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.'
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
wherefore should we die{H4191} before thine eyes,{H5869} both we and our land?{H127} buy{H7069} us and our land{H127} for bread,{H3899} and we and our land{H127} will be servants{H5650} unto Pharaoh:{H6547} and give{H5414} us seed,{H2233} that we may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} and that the land{H127} be not desolate.{H3456}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Wherefore shall we die{H4191}{(H8799)} before thine eyes{H5869}, both we and our land{H127}? buy{H7069}{(H8798)} us and our land{H127} for bread{H3899}, and we and our land{H127} will be servants{H5650} unto Pharaoh{H6547}: and give{H5414}{(H8798)} us seed{H2233}, that we may live{H2421}{(H8799)}, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)}, that the land{H127} be not desolate{H3456}{(H8799)}.
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 For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many: therefore we need to take grain for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Others said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the famine.
- Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.
- Lam 1:11 : 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider, for I have become vile.
- Lam 5:6 : 6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.
- Lam 5:9 : 9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
- Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
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20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
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13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
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16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you bread for your cattle, if money fails.
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