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42 Forsooth Jacob heard that foods were sold in Egypt, and he said to his sons, Why be ye negligent?

I [have] heard that wheat is sold in Egypt; go ye down, and buy ye necessaries to us, that we may live, and be not wasted by neediness. (I have heard that corn, or grain, is being sold in Egypt; go ye down there, and buy ye the necessities for us, so that we can live, and not be destroyed by this famine.)

Therefore ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy wheat in Egypt, (And so ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy corn, or grain, in Egypt,)

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