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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויבאו בני ישראל לשבר בתוך הבאים כי היה הרעב בארץ כנען
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vybAv bny ySHrAl lSHbr btvk hbAym ky hyh hr`b bArTS kn`n

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ingressi sunt terram Aegypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum erat autem fames in terra Chanaan

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New King James Version   
And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
21st Century King James Version   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Darby Bible Translation   
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
God's Word   
Israel's sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
International Standard Version   
Israel's sons went in a caravan that included others who were going to Egypt to buy grain, because the famine pervaded the land of Canaan, too.
NET Bible   
So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
New American Standard Bible   
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
New International Version   
So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.
New Living Translation   
So Jacob's sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
The World English Bible   
The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jacob's sons went to Egypt, as well as other people who went there to buy food. They all went to Egypt because there was a bad famine in Canaan.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
New Life Version   
So the sons of Israel joined those who were coming to buy grain for there was no food in Canaan.
The Voice Bible   
So the sons of Israel decided to go down and buy grain along with many others, because the famine had reached the land of Canaan.
Living Bible   
So it was that Israel’s sons arrived in Egypt along with many others from many lands to buy food, for the famine was as severe in Canaan as it was everywhere else.
New Catholic Bible   
The sons of Israel, therefore, arrived to buy grain along with all the others who had also come, for there was famine in Canaan.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Christian Standard Bible   
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan.
New Century Version   
Along with many other people, the sons of Israel went to Egypt to buy grain, because the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry.
The Message   
Ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to get food. Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something bad might happen to him. So Israel’s sons joined everyone else that was going to Egypt to buy food, for Canaan, too, was hit hard by the famine.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain because of the famine in the land of Canaan.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan.
Good News Translation®   
The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Wycliffe Bible   
Soothly they entered into the land of Egypt, with other men that went thither to buy corn; forsooth hunger was in the land of Canaan. (And they entered into the land of Egypt, with others who went there to buy corn, or grain; for the famine was now in the land of Canaan.)
Contemporary English Version   
So Jacob's sons joined others from Canaan who were going to Egypt because of the terrible famine.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Thus the sons of Israel were among the people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Israel’s sons came to buy grain with others who also came since the famine had spread to the land of Canaan.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So the sons of Israel came [to Egypt] to buy grain along with the others who were coming, for famine was in the land of Canaan also.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And so the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since there was famine in the land of Canaan.
New American Standard Bible   
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
The Expanded Bible   
Along with many other people, the sons of Israel [C Jacob’s other name] went to Egypt to buy grain, because ·the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry [L there was famine in the land of Canaan].
Tree of Life Version   
The sons of Israel went to buy grain among the others who were coming, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Revised Standard Version   
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
New International Reader's Version   
Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.
BRG Bible   
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The sons of Isra’el came to buy along with the others that came, since the famine extended to the land of Kena‘an.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the Bnei Yisroel came to make purchase among those that were coming; for the ra’av (famine) was in Eretz Kena’an.
Names of God Bible   
Israel’s sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan.
Modern English Version   
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The famine was very bad in Canaan, so there were many people from Canaan who went to Egypt to buy grain. Among them were the sons of Israel.
International Children’s Bible   
Along with many other people, the sons of Jacob, also called Israel, went to Egypt to buy grain. This was because the people in the land of Canaan were hungry also.
Lexham English Bible   
Then the sons of Israel went to buy grain amid those other people who went as well, for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
New International Version - UK   
So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.