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Genesis 47:19

Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֧מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
נָמ֣וּתna.Mutwill we dieH4191 →
לְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khato eyes yourH5869 →
גַּם־gam-bothH1571 →
אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
גַּ֣םgamas well asH1571 →
אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuland ourH127 →
קְנֵֽה־ke.neh-buyH7069 →
אֹתָ֥נוּ'o.Ta.nu<obj.> usH853 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuland ourH127 →
בַּלָּ֑חֶםba.La.chemfor <the> foodH3899 →
וְנִֽהְיֶ֞הve.nih.Yehso we may beH1961 →
אֲנַ֤חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuand land ourH127 →
עֲבָדִ֣ים'a.va.DimslavesH5650 →
לְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'Ohof PharaohH6547 →
וְתֶן־ve.ten-and giveH5414 →
זֶ֗רַעZe.ra'seedH2233 →
וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ve.nich.Yehso we may liveH2421 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
נָמ֔וּתna.Mutwe will dieH4191 →
וְהָאֲדָמָ֖הve.ha.'a.da.Mahand the landH127 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תֵשָֽׁם׃te.Shamit will be desolateH3456 →

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2 Corinthians 9:10Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.Nehemiah 5:2–3Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”Lamentations 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.Lamentations 1:11All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.Lamentations 5:9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.Philippians 3:8–9More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain ChristMatthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

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