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Genesis 42:1

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Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt

42:1When Jacob heard1 there was grain in Egypt, he2 said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”3

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  1. 1 Heb “saw.”
  2. 2 Heb “Jacob.” Here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. 3 Why are you looking at each other? The point of Jacob’s question is that his sons should be going to get grain rather than sitting around doing nothing. Jacob, as the patriarch, still makes the decisions for the whole clan.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

NLTNew Living Translation

When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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