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Genesis 42:1

When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

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42:1 When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

42:2 And he said, "Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die."

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