Verse 2
Genesis 42:2
World English Bible, British Edition
2
He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down
there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּ/מִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ וְ/שִׁבְרוּ לָ֣/נוּ מִ/שָּׁ֔ם וְ/נִחְיֶ֖ה וְ/לֹ֥א נָמֽוּת
English Translation
And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die."
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Chapter 42 Context
1
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons,
“Why do you look at one ano...
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2
He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down
there, and buy for us from ther...
3
Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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4
But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers;
for he said, “Lest perhaps harm...
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5
The sons of Israel came to buy amongst those who came, for the famine
was in the land of Canaan.
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6
Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the
people of the land. Joseph’s br...
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7
Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognised them, but acted like a stranger
to them, and spoke roughl...
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8
Joseph recognised his brothers, but they didn’t recognise him.
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9
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamt about them, and said to
them, “You are spies! You have...
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10
They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come
to buy food.
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11
We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not
spies.”
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12
He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness
of the land!”
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13
They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons
of one man in the land of Canaan; and b...
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14
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are
spies!’
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15
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not
go out from here, unless your you...
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16
Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound,
that your words may be tested...
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17
He put them all together into custody for three days.
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18
Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I
fear God (Elohim).
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19
If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your
prison; but you go, carry grai...
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20
Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified,
and you won’t die.”
They did so.
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21
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother,
in that we saw the distre...
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22
Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin
against the child,’ and you wou...
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23
They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter
between them.
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24
He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them,
and spoke to them, and took Si...
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25
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore
each man’s money into his s...
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26
They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from
there.
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27
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging
place, he saw his money. Behol...
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28
He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my
sack!” Their hearts failed them,...
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29
They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him
all that had happened to them,...
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30
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us
for spies of the country.
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31
We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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32
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the
youngest is today with our fathe...
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33
The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that
you are honest men: leave one o...
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34
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not
spies, but that you are honest...
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35
As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money
was in his sack. When they and their...
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36
Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children!
Joseph is no more, Simeon i...
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37
Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I
don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to m...
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38
He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother
is dead, and he only is left. If harm h...
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