1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"


In Context

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

2 He continued, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."

3 Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:1And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:1And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:1Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, |Why do you look at one another?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:1And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look one on another?