◄ Genesis 42:3 ►
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Good News Translation
So Joseph's ten half brothers went to buy grain in Egypt,

New Revised Standard Version
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

New American Bible
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Genesis 42:5,13 And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
…2I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want. 3So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:4Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:2
I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

Genesis 42:4
Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

Genesis 42:2
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