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Genesis 42:1

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when Jacob: Genesis 41:54, Genesis 41:57; Acts 7:12

saw: i.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew (see the parallel passages). Genesis 42:2; Exodus 5:19, Exodus 20:18; 1 Kings 19:3; Hosea 5:13; Galatians 2:7

Why do ye: Joshua 7:10; 2 Kings 8:3-4; Ezra 10:4; Jeremiah 8:14

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