Genesis 42:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 42:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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WEB

World English Bible

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 42

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.

⁶ Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

⁷ And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

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