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Genesis 42:2

American Standard Version

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

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Genesis 42:2 in other translations

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

Genesis 42:2 · World English Bible

Genesis 42:2 in context

  1. 1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
  2. 2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
  3. 3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
  4. 4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.