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Douay-Rheims
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I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.
King James
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Louis Second
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Il dit: Voici, j'apprends qu'il y a du blé en Égypte; descendez-y, pour nous en acheter là, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas
Martin Luther
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Siehe, ich höre, es sei in Ägypten Getreide feil; ziehet hinab und kaufet uns Getreide, daß wir leben und nicht sterben.
Vulgate
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audivi quod triticum venundetur in Aegypto descendite et emite nobis necessaria ut possimus vivere et non consumamur inopia

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
nobis : (dat.) us /the world belongs to US.
nobis : (abl.) us /there'll be no one as happy as US.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.
non : not.
inopia : scarcity, poverty.