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42 ¶ Now when Jacob saw that there was food in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why are ye looking upon one another?

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is food in Egypt; go down there and buy for us from there that we may live, and not die.

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

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Joseph's brothers go to Egypt[a]

42 Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. So he said to his sons, ‘There is no food here, so why are you just sitting there? I have heard that there is food in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us. Then we may continue to live and not die.’

So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy food.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:1 Jacob is living in Canaan with his sons, except for Joseph. There is no food in Canaan, but Jacob knows that there is food in Egypt.