Devine Scripture

Genesis 42:3

Genesis chapter 42 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

v.3This passage

v.4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 42:5

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

  • Genesis 42:13

    And they said, We 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.