Genesis 42:1
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| Overview - Genesis 42 | |
| 1 | Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. |
| 16 | They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. |
| 18 | They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. |
| 21 | They have remorse for Joseph. |
| 24 | Simeon is kept for a pledge. |
| 25 | They return with corn, and their money. |
| 29 | Their relation to Jacob. |
| 36 | Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. |
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Genesis 42:1 (King James Version)
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- when Jacob
- Genesis 41:54 Genesis 41:57 Acts 7:12
- saw
- i.e, heard, from the report of others, that there was
- plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew; (see the Parallel Passages.)
- 2 ; Exodus 5:19 ; 20:18 1 Kings 19:3 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Galatians 2:7
- Why do ye
- Joshua 7:10 ; 2 Kings 8:3 2 Kings 8:4 ; Ezra 10:4 ; Jeremiah 8:14