Genesis 42:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 42:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

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WEB

World English Bible

Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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Genesis 42

¹ When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

² “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

³ So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

⁴ But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

⁵ So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

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