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Genesis 42:2
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Genesis 42:2
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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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Genesis 42:2 in Other Translations
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
ESV
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And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die."
NLT
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I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”
MSG
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I've heard that there is food in Egypt. Go down there and buy some so that we can survive and not starve to death."
CSB
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Listen," he went on, "I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die."
Genesis 42:2 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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1.
Genesis 43:2,4
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Genesis 44:25
2.
ver 19,33;
Genesis 43:8
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Genesis 47:19
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Psalms 33:18-19
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