Genesis 42:2

He said, “See here, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there so we may live and not die.”

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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 became aware that there was grain in Egypt. He said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

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

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Cross References

Genesis 43:2It came about when they had eaten the grain that they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again; buy us some food.”

Genesis 43:8Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me. We will rise and go that we may live and not die, both we, you, and also our children.

Psalms 118:17I will not die, but live 1 and declare the deeds of Yahweh. 1

Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word that 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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