Genesis 42:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And when Ya‛aqoḇ saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Ya‛aqoḇ said to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW WHEN Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Common English Bible

¹ When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring blankly at each other?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: "Why are you negligent?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

Genesis 42:1 Cross References

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosĕph had said. And the scarcity of food was in all lands, but in all the land of Mitsrayim there was bread.

Genesis 41:57

And all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.

Genesis 42:2

And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.”

1 Kings 19:3

And he feared, and rose up and ran for his life, and went to Be’ĕrsheḇa, which belongs to Yehuḏah, and left his servant there.

Ezra 10:4

“Arise, for the matter is upon you, but we are with you. Be strong and act.”

Exodus 20:18

And all the people saw the thunders, the lightning flashes, the voice of the shophar, and the mountain smoking. And the people saw it, and they trembled and stood at a distance,

Exodus 5:19

And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You are not to diminish your daily amount of bricks.”

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled cities, and let us be silent there. For יהוה our Elohim has let us perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against יהוה.

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephrayim saw his sickness, and Yehuḏah saw his wound, then Ephrayim went to Ashshur and sent to Sovereign Yarĕḇ. But he is unable to heal you, or to remove the wound from you.

Acts 7:12

“But Ya‛aqoḇ heard that there was grain in Mitsrayim, and he sent out our fathers the first time,

Galatians 2:7

But on the contrary, when they saw that the Good News to the uncircumcised had been entrusted to me, even as Kĕpha to the circumcised –

Joshua 7:10

And יהוה said to Yehoshua, “Rise up! Why are you lying on your face?