Genesis 42:5

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

In Context

4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.

6Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:1Now a famine happened in the land, besides the first famine that had been in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines at Gerar.

Genesis 41:57All the earth was coming to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

Acts 11:28One of them, Agabus by name, stood up and indicated by the Spirit that a great famine would occur over all the world. This happened in the days of Claudius.

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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