Genesis 42:1
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Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
In other translations
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Hebrew words
וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290כִּיkithatH3588יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426שֶׁבֶרshever[was] grainH7668בְּמִצְרָיִםbemitzrayimin EgyptH4714וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290לְבָנָיוlevanavto sons hisH1121לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תִּתְרָאוּ׃titra'uare you looking at one anotherH7200
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Acts 7:12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
- Joshua 7:10And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
- Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Genesis 42:2And 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.“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.”
- Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
- 1 Kings 19:3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
- Ezra 10:4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- Galatians 2:7But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
- Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
- Exodus 5:19And 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.The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Egypt