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1 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look 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 And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may 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 in 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 his brothers, for he feared that harm 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 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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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 the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
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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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