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Genesis 42:3

JosephEgypt

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

2 “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.”

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.”

5 So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

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BSB
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
KJV
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
WEB
Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
ASV
And Joseph`s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
DARBY
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
BLB
And ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.
ÅB
Da dro Josefs ti brødre ned for å kjøpe korn i Egypt.
OTB
Så dro ti av Josefs brødre til Egypt for å kjøpe korn.
B1930
Da drog Josefs ti brødre ned for å kjøpe korn i Egypten.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 42:13

    But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

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  • Genesis 42:5

    So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

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