Genesis 42:3
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Genesis 42:3 in other translations
| BSB | So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. |
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| WEB | Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. |
| ASV | And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt. |
| YLT | and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt, |
| DARBY | And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt. |
| BBE | So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt. |
| Webster | And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. |
What does Genesis 42:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:1-6
Jacob saw the corn his neighbours had bought in Egypt, and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied. Shall others get food for their souls, and shall we starve while it is to be had? Having discovered where help is to be had, we should apply for it without delay, without shrinking from labour, or grudging expense, especially as regards our never-dying souls. There is provision in Christ; but we…
Genesis 42:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 42:3
- Genesis 42:13
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
- Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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Context
- Genesis 42:2
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.
- Genesis 42:3
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
- Genesis 42:4
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis 42:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y descendieron los diez hermanos de José á comprar trigo á Egipto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et dix frères de Joseph descendirent pour acheter du blé en Égypte; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die zehn Brüder Josephs zogen hinab, um Getreide aus Ägypten zu kaufen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Descendentes igitur fratres Joseph decem, ut emerent frumenta in Ægypto, |