Genesis 42:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
In context
1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
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.”
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
5 So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- KJV King James Version
- And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
- WEB World English Bible
- Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.