Genesis 42:2

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:2\43:3\And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

Genesis 43:8\43:9\Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Psalms 118:17Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

Matthew 4:4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:2-7

Jacob Sends to Egypt to Buy Corn. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 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. 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 befal him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to… Read the whole commentary →

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