Genesis 42:1

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

In Context

2And 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.

Exodus 5:19And the officers of the children of Israel saw [that] it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.

Joshua 7:10And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

2 Kings 8:3And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.

Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

Acts 7:12But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:1

We had, in the foregoing chapter, the fulfilling of the dreams which Joseph had interpreted: in this and the following chapters we have the fulfilling of the dreams which Joseph himself had dreamed, that his father's family should do homage to him. The story is very largely and particularly related of what passed between Joseph and his brethren, not only because it is an entertaining story, and probably was much talked of, both among the Israelites and among the Egyptians, but because it is very instructive, and… Read the whole commentary →

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