Old Testament · VERSE 3

Genesis 42:3

King James Version

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

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Genesis 42:3 in context

Genesis 42:1

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

Genesis 42:2

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

Genesis 42:3SELECTED VERSE

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

Genesis 42:4

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Genesis 42:5

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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