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Genesis 42:2 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 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 42:2 · King James Version
Genesis 42:2 in context
1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2And 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.
3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- cornshebergrainH7668 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- buyshâbarto deal in grainH7666 →
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Though Jacob's sons were all married, and had families of their own, yet, it should seem, they were still incorporated in one society, under the conduct and presidency of their father Jacob. We have here, I. The orders he gave them to go and buy corn in Egypt, Gen 42:1, Gen 42:2. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6