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Genesis 42:2

Listen to Genesis 42:2
2 Voorts zeide hij: Ziet, ik heb gehoord, dat er koren in Egypte is; trekt daarhenen af, en koopt ons koren van daar, opdat wij leven en niet sterven.

Genesis 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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Genesis 42:2 In-Context

1 Toen Jakob zag, dat er koren in Egypte was, zo zeide Jakob tot zijn zonen: Waarom ziet gij op elkander?
2 Voorts zeide hij: Ziet, ik heb gehoord, dat er koren in Egypte is; trekt daarhenen af, en koopt ons koren van daar, opdat wij leven en niet sterven.
3 Toen togen Jozefs tien broederen af, om koren uit Egypte te kopen.
4 Doch Benjamin, Jozefs broeder, zond Jakob niet met zijn broederen; want hij zeide: Opdat hem niet misschien het verderf ontmoete!
5 Alzo kwamen Israels zonen om te kopen onder degenen, die daar kwamen; want de honger was in het land Kanaan.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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