American Standard Version
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

Berean Study Bible
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

English Revised Version
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.

King James Bible
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

World English Bible
For there were that said, "We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live."

Young's Literal Translation
yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

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