Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt. Young's Literal Translation And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt. King James Bible And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt. Hebrew And as they sat downוַיֵּשְׁבוּ֮ (way·yê·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry to eat לֶֽאֱכָל־ (le·’ĕ·ḵāl-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 398: To eat a meal, לֶחֶם֒ (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain they looked up וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (way·yiś·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take and saw וְהִנֵּה֙ (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! a caravan אֹרְחַ֣ת (’ō·rə·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 736: A traveling company, caravan of Ishmaelites יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים (yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3459: Ishmaelites -- descendant of Ishmael coming בָּאָ֖ה (bā·’āh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go from Gilead. מִגִּלְעָ֑ד (mig·gil·‘āḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites Their camels וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣ם (ū·ḡə·mal·lê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1581: A camel were carrying נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים (nō·śə·’îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take spices, נְכֹאת֙ (nə·ḵōṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5219: (a spice) perhaps tragacanth gum balm, וּצְרִ֣י (ū·ṣə·rî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6875: Distillation, balsam and myrrh וָלֹ֔ט (wā·lōṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3910: A gum, ladanum on their way הוֹלְכִ֖ים (hō·wl·ḵîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk down לְהוֹרִ֥יד (lə·hō·w·rîḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to Egypt. מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ (miṣ·rā·yə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa |