Genesis 43:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 43:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כִּלּוּ֙
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר
sheber
H7668
grain
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֵבִ֖יאוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵיהֶם֙
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם
ʼâb
H1
father
שֻׁ֖בוּ
shûwb
H7725
to return
שִׁבְרוּ
shâbar
H7666
to buy grain
לָ֥נוּ
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
H4592
few
אֹֽכֶל
ʼôkel
H400
food
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So it happened when they finished eating the grain that they had brought from Egypt, then their father said to them, “Return, buy a little food for us.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).