Genesis 42:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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  • Gen 42:1-2
    2 verses
    89%

    1Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?

    2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

  • Gen 42:4-8
    5 verses
    86%

    4But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him.

    5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

    7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

    8(Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Now great famine was in the land.

    2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.

  • 10But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.

  • 57And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

  • 12But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

  • 20And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,

  • 17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,

  • 15Thus the men tooke this present, & tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.

  • 25And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,

  • 4If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode:

  • Gen 46:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

    32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.

  • 12Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem.

  • 25So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

  • Gen 42:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.

    14Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

  • 4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • 19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses:

  • 5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 47:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

    2And Ioseph tooke part of his brethren, euen fiue men, and presented them vnto Pharaoh.

  • 12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

  • 25Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt.

  • 55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.

  • 14And Ioseph gathered all the money, that was found in the land of Egypt, & in the land of Canaan, for the corne which they bought, & Ioseph layd vp the money in Pharaohs house.

  • 17And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Ioseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

  • 18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

    28Then the Midianites marchant men passed by, and they drewe foorth, and lift Ioseph out of the pit, and solde Ioseph vnto the Ishmeelites for twentie pieces of siluer: who brought Ioseph into Egypt.