Genesis 42:3
“¶ And Iosephs ten brethren went downe to buy corne in Egypt.”
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Genesis 42:3 Context
1Now when Iacob saw that there was corne in Egypt, Iacob said vnto his sonnes, Why doe ye looke one vpon an other? 2And hee said, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die. 3¶ And Iosephs ten brethren went downe to buy corne in Egypt. 4But Beniamin Iosephs brother, Iacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest peraduenture mischiefe befall him. 5And the sonnes of Israel came to buy corne among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
- King James Version
Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
- Basic English Bible
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
- Darby Bible
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
- Webster's Bible
Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- World English Bible
and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
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