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Genesis 42:2

World English Bible

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.”

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Genesis 42:2 in other translations

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.

Genesis 42:2 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:2 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.
  4. 4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”