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Genesis 42:1

וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ ־ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאֽוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי יֶשׁ ־ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם רְדוּ ־ שָׁמָּה וְשִׁבְרוּ ־ לָנוּ מִשָּׁם וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמֽוּת ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 41:57וְכָל ־ הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ מִצְרַיְמָה לִשְׁבֹּר אֶל ־ יוֹסֵף כִּֽי ־ חָזַק הָרָעָב בְּכָל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

Exodus 5:19וַיִּרְאוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי בְנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹתָם בְּרָע לֵאמֹר לֹא ־ תִגְרְעוּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם דְּבַר ־ יוֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ ׃

Joshua 7:10וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ קֻם לָךְ לָמָּה זֶּה אַתָּה נֹפֵל עַל ־ פָּנֶֽיךָ ׃

2 Kings 8:3וַיְהִי מִקְצֵה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וַתָּשָׁב הָאִשָּׁה מֵאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַתֵּצֵא לִצְעֹק אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל ־ שָׂדָֽהּ ׃

Jeremiah 8:14עַל ־ מָה אֲנַחְנוּ יֹֽשְׁבִים הֵֽאָסְפוּ וְנָבוֹא אֶל ־ עָרֵי הַמִּבְצָר וְנִדְּמָה ־ שָּׁם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הֲדִמָּנוּ וַיַּשְׁקֵנוּ מֵי ־ רֹאשׁ כִּי חָטָאנוּ לַיהוָֽה ׃

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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