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Genesis 42:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 42:2

Verse 2 of 38

Scripture focus

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.

Genesis 42:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 42:2

Theological / Devotional

Get you down thither. As the drought became more and more severe, and man and beast were both suffering, Jacob made the decision to fetch grain from Egypt to preserve his family from starvation. That he did not, like Abraham (ch. 12:10) and Isaac (ch. 26:2), plan to move his family to Egypt may have been due to the fact that the famine prevailed in Egypt as well as Canaan.

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