"And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt." — Genesis 42:3

Genesis 42:3 · KJV

“And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.”

— Genesis 42:3

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.

Verse 4

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Genesis 42 — Context

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

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

Cross References

Genesis 42:5

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

Genesis 42:13

And they said, 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.