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Genesis 42

Gen. 42:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joseph’s
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
ten
`eser (Hebrew #6235)
from 6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
KJV usage: ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
Pronounce: eh'ser
Origin: masculine of term aasarah {as-aw-raw'}
brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
to buy
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
corn
bar (Hebrew #1250)
from 1305 (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extens. the open country
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: bawr
Origin: or bar {bar}
in Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
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Brethren,
Corn,
Egypt,
Joseph,
Ten

Cross References

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Gen. 42:5,13• 5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 13And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. (Gen. 42:5,13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.