Genesis 42:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ So ten of Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ So ten of Joseph's brethren went to buy grain in Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Common English Bible

³ So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And so, when ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Genesis 42:3 Cross References

Genesis 42:13

And the brothers said, “No! We are all brothers. There are twelve brothers in our family. We all have the same father. Our youngest brother is still at home with our father. And the other brother died a long time ago. We are like servants before you. We are from the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 42:2

I heard there is grain in Egypt for sale. So let’s go there to buy grain. Then we can live instead of just letting ourselves die!”

Genesis 42:4

Jacob did not send Benjamin. (Benjamin was Joseph’s only full brother. [243])Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.

Genesis 42:5

The famine was very bad in Canaan, so there were many people from Canaan who went to Egypt to buy grain. Among them were the sons of Israel.