Revised Literal Translation

Genesis 42:1-3

1Now when Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that there wasיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426foodשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668in Egyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his sonsלְבָנָ֔יוle.va.NavH1121,Why do ye lookתִּתְרָאֽוּ׃tit.ra.'UH7200one upon another?

2And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, I have heardשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085that there isיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426foodשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668in Egyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:get you downרְדוּ־re.du-H3381thither, and buyוְשִׁבְרוּ־ve.shiv.ru-H7666for us from thence; that we may liveוְנִחְיֶ֖הve.nich.YehH2421,and not dieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

3And Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130tenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235brethrenאֲחֵֽי־'a.chei-H251went downוַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381to buyלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7666grainבָּ֖רbarH1250in Egyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

Read all of Genesis 42

Commentaries on Genesis 42