Genesis 42:3

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

And Joseph's {H3130} ten {H6235} brethren {H251} went down {H3381} to buy {H7666} corn {H1250} in Egypt {H4714}.

Thus Yosef's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt,

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 42:13 (2 votes)

    And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.

  • Genesis 42:5 (2 votes)

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