Genesis 42:1

Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”

Genesis 42:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
ESV
1 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
NLT
1 When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another?
MSG
1 When Jacob learned that there was food in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you sit around here and look at one another?
CSB
1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you keep looking at each other?

Genesis 42:1 In-Context

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
3 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
5 So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

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