Genesis 42:3
King James Version (KJV)
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
In context
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:3 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So ten of Joseph’s 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.