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.
KJV
Cur ergo moriemur te vidente ? et nos et terra nostra tui erimus : eme nos in servitutem regiam, et præbe semina, ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem.
Vulgate
ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθῇ, κτῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ἀντὶ ἄρτων, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ἡμεῖς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν παῖδες Φαραώ· δὸς σπέρμα ἵνα σπείρωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθήσεται.
LXX
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.
ASV
לָ֧/מָּה נָמ֣וּת לְ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ גַּם אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ גַּ֣ם אַדְמָתֵ֔/נוּ קְנֵֽה אֹתָ֥/נוּ וְ/אֶת אַדְמָתֵ֖/נוּ בַּ/לָּ֑חֶם וְ/נִֽהְיֶ֞ה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ וְ/אַדְמָתֵ֨/נוּ֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְ/פַרְעֹ֔ה וְ/תֶן זֶ֗רַע וְ/נִֽחְיֶה֙ וְ/לֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת וְ/הָ/אֲדָמָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵשָֽׁם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 9:10 — Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
- Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
- Lam 1:11 — All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
- Lam 5:6 — We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
- Lam 5:9 — We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
- Neh 5:2 — 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.