Genesis 42:3-5
New King James Version
3 So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, (A)“Lest some calamity befall him.” 5 And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was (B)in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 42:3-5
English Standard Version
3 So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, (A)Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for (B)he feared that harm might happen to him. 5 Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 42:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother (A)Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “(B)I am afraid that harm may happen to him.” 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, (C)because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
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