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Genesis 42:2

Egypt

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

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

4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
KJV
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.
WEB
He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
ASV
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
DARBY
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.
BLB
And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, and we shall live and not die.”
ÅB
Og han sa: Jeg har hørt at det er korn i Egypt; dra dit ned og kjøp korn til oss der, så vi kan leve og ikke dø!
OTB
Han la til: "Jeg har hørt at det er korn i Egypt. Dra ned dit og kjøp noe for oss, så vi kan leve og ikke dø."
B1930
Og han sa: Jeg har hørt at det er korn i Egypten; dra dit ned og kjøp korn til oss der, så vi kan leve og ikke dø!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 43:8

    And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

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  • Matthew 4:4

    But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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  • Psalms 118:17

    I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

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  • Genesis 43:2

    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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  • Genesis 45:9

    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

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  • Genesis 43:4

    If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

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  • Isaiah 38:1

    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

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