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Genèse 42:2

Listen to Genèse 42:2
2 Et il dit: Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé à vendre en Égypte; descendez-y, et achetez-nous-y du blé, afin que nous vivions, et ne mourions point.

Genèse 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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Genèse 42:2 In-Context

1 Et Jacob, voyant qu'il y avait du blé à vendre en Égypte, dit à ses fils: Pourquoi vous regardez-vous les uns les autres?
2 Et il dit: Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé à vendre en Égypte; descendez-y, et achetez-nous-y du blé, afin que nous vivions, et ne mourions point.
3 Alors dix frères de Joseph descendirent, pour acheter du blé en Égypte.
4 Mais Jacob n'envoya point Benjamin, frère de Joseph, avec ses frères; car il dit: Prenons garde qu'il ne lui arrive malheur!
5 Et les fils d'Israël vinrent pour acheter du blé, au milieu de ceux qui venaient aussi; car la famine était au pays de Canaan.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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