Genesis 47:19
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Genesis 47:19 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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 (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Warum sollen wir vor deinen Augen sterben, sowohl wir als auch unser Land? Kaufe uns und unser Land um Brot, so wollen wir und unser Land des Pharao Knechte sein; und gib Samen, daß wir leben und nicht sterben und das Land nicht wüst werde!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Por qué moriremos delante de tus ojos, así nosotros como nuestra tierra? Cómpranos á nosotros y á nuestra tierra por pan, y seremos nosotros y nuestra tierra siervos de Faraón: y danos simiente para que vivamos y no muramos, y no sea asolada la tierra.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por que morreremos diante de teus olhos, tanto nós como nossa terra? Compra a nós e a nossa terra por pão, e seremos nós e nossa terra servos de Faraó; e dá-nos semente para que vivamos e não morramos, e não seja assolada a terra.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por que deveríamos morrer, tanto nós como nossas terras diante de teus olhos? Compra nossas terras em troca de alimento e nós e nossas terras seremos servos do Faraó. Dá-nos sementes para que possamos viver e não morrer e para que a terra não se torne desolada".
📖 Genesis 47:19 in Context
17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19Wherefore 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.
20And 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.
21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
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