King James Version

Genesis 42:3

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

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וַיֵּרְד֥וּvayeredvand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…אֲחֵֽיachebrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.יוֹסֵ֖ףyosefJoseph. Compare H3084יוֹסֵףnoun, proper name — “Joseph. Compare H3084”H3130Joseph, the name of seven IsraelitesJoseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).עֲשָׂרָ֑הasarahtenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.לִשְׁבֹּ֥רlishborto sellשָׁבַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to sell”, the to-form of the verbH7666to deal in grainbuy, sell.בָּ֖רbarcornבָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “corn”, the ordinary formH1250grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open countrycorn, wheat.מִמִּצְרָֽיִםmimitsrayimfrom Egyptמִצְרַיִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

World English Bible

Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Darby Translation

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims

So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατέβησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ οἱ δέκα, πρίασθαι σῖτον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου·