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Genesis 42:1-3 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: "Why are you negligent?

2. I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution."

3. And so, when ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt,

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