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Genesis 42:1

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Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

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Genesis 42:1 in other translations

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Genesis 42:1 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:1 in context

  1. 1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
  2. 2He 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.”
  3. 3Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.