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Génesis 42:2

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2 He sabido que hay alimento en Egipto. Vayan allá y compren comida para nosotros, para que no muramos, sino que podamos sobrevivir».

Génesis 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.

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Génesis 42:2 In-Context

1 Cuando Jacob se enteró de que había alimento en Egipto, les dijo a sus hijos: «¿Qué hacen ahí parados, mirándose unos a otros?
2 He sabido que hay alimento en Egipto. Vayan allá y compren comida para nosotros, para que no muramos, sino que podamos sobrevivir».
3 Diez de los hermanos de José fueron a Egipto a comprar alimento.
4 Pero Jacob no dejó que Benjamín, el hermano de José, se fuera con ellos porque pensó que podría sucederle alguna desgracia.
5 Fue así como los hijos de Israel fueron a comprar alimento, al igual que otros, porque el hambre se había apoderado de Canaán.

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