Genesis 42:2
And he said, Lo I have heard that there is corn in Egypt,—Go down thither and buy corn for us from thence, that we may live and not die.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3So Joseph’s ten brethren went down,—to buy corn from the Egyptians;
Cross References
Genesis 43:2So it came to pass when they had made an end of eating the corn which they had brought in out of Egypt, that their father said unto them,—Return buy for us a little food.
Genesis 43:8Then said Judah unto Israel his father—Come! send thou down the young man with me that we may arise and go our way,—and live and not die, both we and thou and our little ones.
Psalms 118:17I shall not die, but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah.
Matthew 4:4But, he, answering, said, It is written,—Not on bread alone, shall man live, but on every declaration coming forth through 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 →