Genesis 42:1

Translations

Modern

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

Traditional

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

Literal

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

Latin

Audiens autem Jacob quod alimenta venderentur in Ægypto, dixit filiis suis: Quare negligitis?

Original

Hebrew

English

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

Notes

Genesis 42:1–47:31

God used the famine to bring Israel to Egypt under Joseph’s rule, thus fulfilling two prophecies (15:13; 37:7–11).

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Famine Symbolic Numbers

Events

7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
Joseph's brothers go to Egyptc. 1707 BC

Related verses

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Joshua 7:10
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Exodus 5:19
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
1 Kings 19:3
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
Ezra 10:4
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
Genesis 41:54
…the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Genesis 41:57
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Galatians 2:7
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
Exodus 20:18
When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Genesis 42:2
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Tax, Taxation Wheat

Topics

Benjamin: Son of Jacob by Rachel: Taken Into Egypt Deception: Joseph, in his Ruse with his Brothers Egypt: Israel in Joseph's Ten Brethren Arrive Exports: from Egypt of Corn (Grain) Falsehood: Joseph, in the Deception he Carried on with his Brothers Hypocrisy: Joseph's Deceiving his Brothers Jacob: Sends to Egypt to Buy Corn (Grain) Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Father Sends Down Into Egypt to Buy Corn (Grain)

Genesis 42:1

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