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Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

Genesis 42:3

In 11 translations

BSB
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
KJV
¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
WEB
Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
ASV
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
LSV
and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,
YLT
and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
DBY
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
DRC
So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:
GNV
So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
JPS
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
LXXE
And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּרְד֥וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֖ף עֲשָׂרָ֑ה לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר בָּ֖ר מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Κατέβησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ οἱ δέκα, πρίασθαι σῖτον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου·

Who and where

👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)📍 Egypt◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
  • Genesis 42:13But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

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