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Genesis 42:1-3
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Joseph's brothers go to Egypt[a]

42 Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. So he said to his sons, ‘There is no food here, so why are you just sitting there? 2 I have heard that there is food in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us. Then we may continue to live and not die.’

3 So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy food.

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  1. 42:1 Jacob is living in Canaan with his sons, except for Joseph. There is no food in Canaan, but Jacob knows that there is food in Egypt.
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