Genesis 42:5

Translations

Modern

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

Traditional

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Literal

And the sons of Israel came to buy in the midst the ones coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Latin

…ingressi sunt terram Ægypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum. Erat autem fames in terra Chanaan.

Original

Hebrew

English

So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

Notes

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 Joseph Famine Symbolic Numbers

Events

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

Related verses

Genesis 41:57
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Acts 7:11
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Genesis 26:1
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Acts 11:28
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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 Tax, Taxation Wheat

Topics

Commerce: Carried on by Egyptians Commerce: Egyptians Egypt: Israel in Joseph's Ten Brethren Arrive

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