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Genesis 42:5

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3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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BSB
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
KJV
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
WEB
The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
ASV
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
DARBY
So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
BLB
And the sons of Israel came to buy in the midst the ones coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
ÅB
Så kom Israels sønner for å kjøpe korn blant alle de andre som kom; for det var hungersnød i Kana'ans land.
OTB
Så Israels sønner var blant dem som dro for å kjøpe korn, for hungersnøden var også i Kanaans land.
B1930
Så kom Israels sønner for å kjøpe korn blandt alle de andre som kom; for det var hungersnød i Kana'ans land.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 41:57

    And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

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  • Genesis 12:10

    And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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  • Acts 7:11

    Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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  • Genesis 26:1

    And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

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  • Acts 11:28

    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.

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