CHAPTER EXPLORER
Genesis 42
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38 verses in KJV · 284 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Genesis 42 (KJV)
42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
42:2 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.
42:3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1707 BC
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H251achbrother: male-sibling · 20 occurrencesH3808lonot · 16 occurrencesH776e.retsland: country/planet · 14 occurrencesH3130yo.sephJoseph · 12 occurrencesH859at.tahyou(m.s.) · 9 occurrencesH854etwith · 8 occurrencesH7200ra.ahto see: see · 8 occurrencesH376ishman · 8 occurrencesH3651kenright · 8 occurrencesH259e.chadone · 8 occurrencesH7270ra.galto spy · 7 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 7 occurrencesH1avfather · 7 occurrencesH7666sha.varto buy grain · 6 occurrences
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