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.”
Genesis 42:2–4
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Genesis 43:1–3
1 Now the famine was still severe in the land. 2 So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face…
Acts 7:11–13
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Book of Jubilees 42:3–5
3 And the Egyptians came to Joseph that he might give them food, and he opened the store-houses where was the grain of the first year, and he sold it to the people of the land for gold. (JUB) 4 <Now the famine was very sore in the land of Canaan>, and Jacob heard that t… (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 42:16–18
16 And they said: 'We shall not go; unless our youngest brother go with us, we shall not go.' (JUB) 17 And Israel saw that if he did not send him with them, they should all perish by reason of the famine (JUB) 18 And Reuben said: 'Give him into my hand, and if I do not bring him ba… (JUB)
Genesis 42:37–38
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.” 38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm com…
Genesis 43:7–9
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Genesis 41:56–57
56 When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all th…
Testament of Judah 2:33–35
33 And I thought that no one knew that I had gone in to her. (T12) 34 And after this we came into Egypt to Joseph, because of the famine. (T12) 35 And I was forty and six years old, and seventy and three years lived I in Egypt. (T12)
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