Genesis 42:3
So Joseph’s ten brethren went down,—to buy corn from the Egyptians;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 42:13And they said: We, thy twelve servants, are, brethren, sons of one man in the and of Canaan,—and lo! the youngest: is with our father this day, and, the one, is not!
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 →