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Genesis 42:1
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Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
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When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
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Genesis 42:1 in Other Translations
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Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
ESV
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When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
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When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another?
MSG
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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?
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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
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When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
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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.”
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Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
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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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