Verse 12

But{G1161} when{G191} Jacob{G2384} heard{G191} that there was{G5607} grain{G4621} in{G1722} Egypt,{G125} he sent forth{G1821} our{G2257} fathers{G3962} the first{G4412} time.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:1-9 : 1 Now Jacob{H3290} saw{H7200} that there was{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt,{H4714} and Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto his sons,{H1121} Why do ye look{H7200} one upon another? 2 And he said,{H559} Behold, I have heard{H8085} that there is{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt:{H4714} get you down{H3381} thither, and buy{H7666} for us from thence; that we may live,{H2421} and not die.{H4191} 3 And Joseph's{H3130} ten{H6235} brethren{H251} went down{H3381} to buy{H7666} grain{H1250} from Egypt.{H4714} 4 But Benjamin,{H1144} Joseph's{H3130} brother,{H251} Jacob{H3290} sent{H7971} not with his brethren;{H251} for he said,{H559} Lest peradventure{H6435} harm{H611} befall him.{H7122} 5 And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to buy{H7666} among{H8432} those that came:{H935} for the famine{H7458} was in the land{H776} of Canaan.{H3667} 6 And Joseph{H3130} was the governor{H7989} over the land;{H776} he it was that sold{H7666} to all the people{H5971} of the land.{H776} And Joseph's{H3130} brethren{H251} came,{H935} and bowed down{H7812} themselves to him with their faces{H639} to the earth.{H776} 7 And Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} his brethren,{H251} and he knew{H5234} them, but made himself strange{H5234} unto them, and spake{H1696} roughly{H7186} with them; and he said{H559} unto them, Whence{H370} come{H935} ye? And they said,{H559} From the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} to buy{H7666} food.{H400} 8 And Joseph{H3130} knew{H5234} his brethren,{H251} but they knew{H5234} not him. 9 And Joseph{H3130} remembered{H2142} the dreams{H2472} which he dreamed{H2492} of them, and said{H559} unto them, Ye are spies;{H7270} to see{H7200} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come.{H935} 10 And they said{H559} unto him, Nay, my lord,{H113} but to buy{H7666} food{H400} are thy servants{H5650} come.{H935} 11 We{H5168} are all one{H259} man's{H376} sons;{H1121} we are true{H3651} men, thy servants{H5650} are no spies.{H7270} 12 And he said{H559} unto them, Nay, but to see{H7200} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come.{H935} 13 And they said,{H559} We thy servants{H5650} are twelve{H8147} brethren,{H251} the sons{H1121} of one{H259} man{H376} in the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} and, behold, the youngest{H6996} is this day{H3117} with our father,{H1} and one{H259} is not. 14 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them, That is it that I spake{H1696} unto you, saying,{H559} Ye are spies:{H7270} 15 hereby{H2063} ye shall be proved:{H974} by the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} ye shall not go forth{H3318} hence, except your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} come{H935} hither. 16 Send{H7971} one{H259} of you, and let him fetch{H3947} your brother,{H251} and ye shall be bound,{H631} that your words{H1697} may be proved,{H974} whether there be truth{H571} in{H854} you: or else{H3808} by the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} surely ye are spies.{H7270} 17 And he put them all together{H622} into ward{H4929} three{H7969} days.{H3117} 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them the third{H7992} day,{H3117} This do,{H6213} and live;{H2421} for I fear{H3373} God:{H430} 19 if ye be true{H3651} men, let one{H259} of your brethren{H251} be bound{H631} in your{H1004} prison-house;{H4929} but go{H3212} ye, carry{H935} grain{H7668} for the famine{H7459} of your houses:{H1004} 20 and bring{H935} your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} unto me; so shall your words{H1697} be verified,{H539} and ye shall not die.{H4191} And they did{H6213} so. 21 And they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} We are verily{H61} guilty{H818} concerning our brother,{H251} in that{H834} we saw{H7200} the distress{H6869} of his soul,{H5315} when he besought{H2603} us, and we would not hear;{H8085} therefore is this distress{H6869} come{H935} upon us. 22 And Reuben{H7205} answered{H6030} them, saying,{H559} Spake I{H559} not unto you, saying,{H559} Do not sin{H2398} against the child;{H3206} and ye would not hear?{H8085} therefore also, behold, his blood{H1818} is required.{H1875} 23 And they knew{H3045} not that Joseph{H3130} understood{H8085} them; for there was an interpreter{H3887} between them. 24 And he turned himself about{H5437} from them, and wept;{H1058} and he returned{H7725} to them, and spake{H1696} to them, and took{H3947} Simeon{H8095} from among them, and bound{H631} him before their eyes.{H5869}
• Gen 43:2 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up{H3615} the grain{H7668} which they had brought out{H935} of Egypt,{H4714} their father{H1} said{H559} unto them, Go again,{H7725} buy{H7666} us a little{H4592} food.{H400}