Genesis 42:1-3

Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
2 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 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Acts 7:12
  • 2. Genesis 43:2,4; Genesis 44:25
  • 3. ver 19,33; Genesis 43:8; Genesis 47:19; Psalms 33:18-19
  • 4. ver 10; Genesis 43:20
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