Genesis 42:3

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:5 : 5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 42:13 : 13 They said, "We, 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 Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

    2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

  • Gen 42:4-8
    5 verses
    86%

    4 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."

    5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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

    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

    8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 The famine was severe in the land.

    2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

  • 10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

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

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

  • 20 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

  • 17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel 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 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

  • 15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • 25 Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

  • 4 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,

  • Gen 46:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

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

    32 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

  • 12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • 25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

  • Gen 42:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 They said, "We, 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 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • 4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • 19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

  • 5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 47:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

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

    2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

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

  • 25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

  • 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

  • 14 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.

  • 17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

  • 18 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's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

    28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.