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Genesis 42:1

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 42:1 in other translations

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

Genesis 42:1 · World English Bible

Genesis 42:1 in context

  1. 1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
  2. 2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
  3. 3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.