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1 Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, so he said to his sons, "Why are you just sitting here looking at one another?
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When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
2 I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us to eat, so that we will live and not die."
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He continued, “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.
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Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, because he was afraid that something terrible might happen to him.
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
5 Along with many other people, the sons of Israeln went to Egypt to buy grain, because the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry.
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So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.
6 Now Joseph was governor over Egypt. He was the one who sold the grain to people who came to buy it. So Joseph's brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him.
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Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
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