Genesis 42:2
Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Jacob having seen that there was a sale of corn in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?
3And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 43:2And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:8And Judah said to his father Israel, Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and thou, and our store.
Psalms 118:17Render a recompense to thy servant: 1 So shall I live, and keep thy words. 1
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 →