Genesis 42:1-6
1599 Geneva Bible
42 3 Joseph’s brethren come into Egypt to buy corn. 7 He knoweth them, and tryeth them. 24 Simeon is put in prison. 34 The others go to fetch Benjamin.
1 Then [a]Jacob saw that there was [b]food in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why [c]gaze ye one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is food in Egypt, (A)Get you down thither, and buy us food thence, that we may live and not die.
3 ¶ So went Joseph’s ten brethren down to buy corn of the Egyptians.
4 But Benjamin Joseph’s brother, would not Jacob send with his brethren: for he said, Lest death should [d]befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy food among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was governor of the land, who sold to all the people of the land: then Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed their faces to the ground before him.
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- Genesis 42:1 This story showeth plainly that all things are governed by God’s providence for the profit of his Church.
- Genesis 42:1 Or, corn.
- Genesis 42:1 As men destitute of counsel.
- Genesis 42:4 Hebrew, should meet him.
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