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Genesis 42

Genesis 42:29

Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan · Genesis 42:25–38
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Translations

Modern
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
Traditional
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
Literal
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
Latin
Veneruntque ad Jacob patrem suum in terram Chanaan, et narraverunt ei omnia quæ accidissent sibi, dicentes:

Original

Hebrew
English
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

Notes

Genesis 42:29–34

The brothers’ report focused on the charge that they were spies and on the need to bring Benjamin back to Egypt with them. They did not mention that they were beginning to see God’s judgment (his just response to wrongdoing) for what they had done to Joseph.

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 Symbolic Numbers

Events

People

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

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants

Glossary

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

Topics

Commerce: Carried on by Egyptians Commerce: Egyptians Money: Silver Used As