But Benjamin Joseph’s brother, would not Jacob send with his brethren: for he said, Lest death should [a]befall him.

And the sons of Israel came to buy food among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Now Joseph was governor of the land, who sold to all the people of the land: then Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed their faces to the ground before him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:4 Hebrew, should meet him.

But Jacob did not send Benjamin,(A) Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.(B) So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain,(C) for there was famine in the land of Canaan(D) also.(E)

Now Joseph was the governor of the land,(F) the person who sold grain to all its people.(G) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.(H)

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