Genesis 47:15 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now no money.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And when the buyers had run out of money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: “Give us bread. Why should we die in your sight, lacking money?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for [our ]money faileth.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for [our] money faileth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come to Joseph, saying, “Give bread to us—why do we die before you, though the money has ceased?”
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Darby Darby Translation
And when money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for [our] money is all gone.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence: for the money faileth.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
So when money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the lande of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should we dye before thee? for our money is spent.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
When all the money of the lands of Egypt and Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying, “Give us food! Why should we die in your presence because our money is gone?”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said: 'Give us bread; for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, 'Give to us bread — why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?'
FBV Free Bible Version
Once the money from Egypt and Canaan had run out, the Egyptians all came to Joseph and demanded, “Give us food! Do you want us to die right in front of you? All our money is gone!”
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y acabado el dinero de la tierra de Egipto y de la tierra de Canaán, vino todo Egipto á José diciendo: Danos pan: ¿por qué moriremos delante de ti, por haberse acabado el dinero?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Cuando a la gente se le terminó el dinero, fueron a José a suplicar que se les diera alimentos. ―Se nos ha terminado el dinero —dijeron—. Por favor, denos alimentos, porque si no moriremos de hambre.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando se acabó el dinero de la tierra de Egipto y de la tierra de Canaán, todo Egipto acudió a José y dijo: Danos pan. ¿Por qué tenemos que morir delante de ti por haberse acabado el dinero?
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Una vez que el dinero de Egipto y Canaán se había acabado, todos los egipcios vinieron a José y le exigieron: “¡Danos comida! ¿Quieres que muramos delante de ti? ¡Hemos perdido todo nuestro dinero!”
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Cuando se acabó el dinero en Egipto y Canaán, todos los egipcios fueron a José y dijeron: «Danos alimento. ¿Por qué hemos de morir delante de ti? Ya no tenemos dinero».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ ἐξέλιπε πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐκ γῆς Χαναάν· ἦλθον δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ, λέγοντες, δὸς ἡμῖν ἄρτους, καὶ ἱνατί ἀποθνήσκομεν ἐναντίον σου; ἐκλέλοιπε γὰρ τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיִּתֹּ֣ם הַכֶּ֗סֶף מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֮ וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַעַן֒ וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ כָל־מִצְרַ֨יִם אֶל־יוֹסֵ֤ף לֵאמֹר֙ הָֽבָה־לָּ֣נוּ לֶ֔חֶם וְלָ֥מָּה נָמ֖וּת נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Cumque defecisset emptoribus pretium, venit cuncta Ægyptus ad Joseph, dicens: Da nobis panes: quare morimur coram te, deficiente pecunia?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ ѡ҆скꙋдѣ̀ всѐ сребро̀ ѿ землѝ є҆гѵ́петскїѧ и҆ ѿ землѝ ханаа́нскїѧ: прїидо́ша же всѝ є҆гѵ́птѧне ко і҆ѡ́сифꙋ, глаго́люще: да́ждь на́мъ хлѣ́бы, и҆ вскꙋ́ю ᲂу҆мира́емъ пред̾ тобо́ю; сконча́сѧ бо сребро̀ на́ше.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И серебро истощилось в земле Египетской и в земле Ханаанской. Все Египтяне пришли к Иосифу и говорили: дай нам хлеба; зачем нам умирать пред тобою, потому что серебро вышло у нас?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και αφού εξέλιπε το αργύριον εκ της γης Αιγύπτου και εκ της γης Χαναάν, ήλθον πάντες οι Αιγύπτιοι προς τον Ιωσήφ, λέγοντες, Δος άρτον εις ημάς· επειδή διά τι να αποθάνωμεν έμπροσθέν σου; διότι εξέλιπε το αργύριον.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А кад неста новца у земљи мисирској и у земљи хананској, стадоше сви Мисирци долазити к Јосифу говорећи: Дај нам хлеба; зашто да мремо код тебе, што новаца нема?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A kad nesta novca u zemlji misirskoj i u zemlji hananskoj, stadoše svi Misirci dolaziti k Josifu govoreći: Daj nam hleba; zašto da mremo kod tebe, što novaca nema?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَلَمَّا فَرَغَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ أَتَى جَمِيعُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ إِلَى يُوسُفَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَعْطِنَا خُبْزًا، فَلِمَاذَا نَمُوتُ قُدَّامَكَ؟ لِأَنْ لَيْسَ فِضَّةٌ أَيْضًا».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT