Genesis 42:1 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

corn grain of any kind Still heard today: a peppercorn, a grain of pepper Webster’s 1828 · Corn

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Jacob sends ten sons to buy cornJacob saw the corn his neighbours had bought in Egypt, and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied. Shall others get food for their...

Thompson Chains

JacobLink 17 of 24 · next Genesis 43:11
EgyptSee the chain from Genesis 12:10 · 10 links

Parallel Passages

Acts 7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

Acts 7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Genesis 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Genesis 42:2 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.
Exodus 5:19 And 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.
Exodus 20:18 And 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.
Joshua 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
1 Kings 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
2 Kings 8:3–4 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. …
Ezra 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Jeremiah 8:14 Why 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.
Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

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Topics

Benjamin Taken into Egypt
Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Exports Of corn (grain)
Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
Jacob Sends to Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph

Places

EgyptRegion · today Ain Shams · Location well established
Places in Genesis 42 on a map

Bible Dictionary

JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
EgyptThe land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture.

Hebrew and Strong’s

Now when Jacob יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
saw וַיַּרְא wayyarʾ רָאָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
that there was כִּי kî Conjunction יֶשׁ yeš יֵשׁ Demonstrative
corn שֶׁבֶר šeber שֶׁבֶר Noun · masculine singular
in Egypt בְּמִצְרָיִם bĕmiṣrāyim מִצְרַיִם Proper name · with preposition
Jacob יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
unto his sons לְבָנָיו lĕbānāyw בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
Why do ye look לָמָּה lāmmâ Interrogative · with preposition תִּתְרָאוּ titrāʾww רָאָה Verb · hithpael imperfect, second person masculine plural

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