Chuàngshìjì 42:2

2 Wǒ tīngjian Āijí yǒu liáng , nǐmen kĕyǐ xià qù , cóng nàli wéi wǒmen dí xiē lái , shǐ wǒmen kĕyǐ cún huó , búzhìyú sǐ .

Chuàngshìjì 42:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:2

And he said, behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt,
&c.] This explains what is meant by the phrase he saw, one sense being put for another: get ye down thither;
as fast as you can without delay; Egypt lay lower than Canaan, and therefore they are bid to go down, as when they went from thence to Canaan they are said to go up, ( Genesis 45:25 ) ; and buy for us from thence, that we may live, and not die;
which shows the famine was very pressing, since, unless they could buy corn from Egypt they could not live, but must die.

Chuàngshìjì 42:2 In-Context

1 Yǎgè jiàn Āijí yǒu liáng , jiù duì érzi men shuō , nǐmen wèishénme bǐcǐ guàn wàng ne .

2 Wǒ tīngjian Āijí yǒu liáng , nǐmen kĕyǐ xià qù , cóng nàli wéi wǒmen dí xiē lái , shǐ wǒmen kĕyǐ cún huó , búzhìyú sǐ .

3 Yúshì , Yūesè de shí gè gēge dōu xià Āijí dí liáng qù le .

4 Dàn Yūesè de xiōngdi Biànyǎmǐn , Yǎgè méiyǒu dǎfa tā hé gēge men tóng qù , yīnwei Yǎgè shuō , kǒngpà tā zāo haì .

5 Lái dí liáng de rén zhōng yǒu Yǐsèliè de érzi men , yīnwei Jiānán dì yĕ yǒu jīhuāng .