1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
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.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Though Jacob’s sons were all married, and had families of their own, yet, it should seem, they were still incorporated in one society, under the conduct and presidency of their father Jacob. We have here, I. The orders he gave them to go and buy corn in Egypt, Gen. 42:1 , 2 . Observe, 1. The famine was grievous in the land of Canaan. It is observable that all the three patriarchs, to whom Canaan w…
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