Genesis 42:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So the sonsבְּנֵ֣י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(yis·ra·'el,)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
(vai·ya·vo·'u)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to buy grainלִשְׁבֹּ֖ר
(lish·bor)
7666: to buy graindenominative verb from sheber
amongבְּתֹ֣וךְ
(be·to·vch)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
those who were coming,הַבָּאִ֑ים
(hab·ba·'im;)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
for the famineהָרָעָ֖ב
(ha·ra·'av)
7458: famine, hungerfrom raeb
was in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץ
(be·'e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃
(ke·na·'an.)
3667a: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land W. of the Jordanfrom kana
[also]. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And the sons
ben  (bane)
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.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to buy
shabar  (shaw-bar')
to deal in grain -- buy, sell.
corn among
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
those that came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
for the famine
ra`ab  (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
was in the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Canaan
Kna`an  (ken-ah'-an)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him -- Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Parallel Verses
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.

King James Bible
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

International Standard Version
Israel's sons went in a caravan that included others who were going to Egypt to buy grain, because the famine pervaded the land of Canaan, too.

NET Bible
So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Israel's sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan.

King James 2000 Bible
And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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