Genesis 42:3

So 10 of Joseph's brothers left their home in Canaan and went to Egypt to buy food.

Barkly (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2I have heard that there is food in Egypt. Go down and buy some food and bring it back here so that we can stay alive.”

4But Jacob did not send Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin. Jacob was frightened that something bad might happen to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:13But Joseph's brothers said, “We are 10 of the 12 brothers from the same father and we all live in the country of Canaan. We left our little brother back home with our father, and we do not know where the other brother is. He is gone and he might be dead.”

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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