Genesis 42:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

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  • Gen 42:1-2
    2 verses
    89%

    1 Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?

    2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

  • Gen 42:4-8
    5 verses
    86%

    4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps harm befall him.

    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

    7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

    8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 And the famine was severe in the land.

    2 And it came to pass, when they had consumed the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 42:10
    78%

    10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.

  • Gen 41:57
    78%

    57 All countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was so severe in all the lands.

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

  • Gen 43:20
    77%

    20 And said, O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food:

  • Gen 45:17
    77%

    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • Gen 43:15
    77%

    15 And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 44:25
    76%

    25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

  • Gen 43:4
    76%

    4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:

  • Gen 46:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    31 And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

    32 And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, herds, and all that they have.

  • Gen 37:12
    76%

    12 And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 42:25
    76%

    25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey: and thus he did to them.

  • Gen 42:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

    14 And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

  • Gen 45:4
    76%

    4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:19
    75%

    19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

  • Gen 47:5
    75%

    5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 47:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

    2 And he took some of his brothers, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:12
    75%

    12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 37:25
    74%

    25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

  • Gen 41:55
    74%

    55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.

  • Gen 47:14
    74%

    14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 37:17
    74%

    17 And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 50:18
    74%

    18 And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.

    28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.