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So ten of Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain. Jacob did not send Benjamin. (Benjamin was Joseph’s only full brother.[a]) Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.

The famine was very bad in Canaan, so there were many people from Canaan who went to Egypt to buy grain. Among them were the sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:4 full brother Literally, “brother.” Joseph and Benjamin had the same mother.

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