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Genesis 42:5-6 Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt

5 So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Cross References for Genesis 42:5-6

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Genesis 42:3 - Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. Click to read the verse Genesis 42:3 Click to read the verse Genesis 42:3