Genesis 42:3
Strong's Lexicon
So ten
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: 1) ten 1a) ten 1b) with other numbers

of Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph = 'Jehovah has added' 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel 2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies 3) a son of Asaph 4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

brothers
אֲחֵֽי־ (’ă·ḥê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

went down
וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

to buy
לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר (liš·bōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7666: 1) to buy or purchase grain 1a) (Qal) to buy grain 1b) (Hiphil) to sell grain

grain
בָּ֖ר (bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1250: 1) corn, grain

from Egypt.
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt = 'land of the Copts' n pr loc 1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = 'double straits' adj 2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So 10 of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

King James Bible
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

New Living Translation
So Joseph's ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

English Standard Version
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

King James Bible
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So 10 of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

International Standard Version
So ten of Joseph's brothers left to buy grain from Egypt.

NET Bible
So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

American Standard Version
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

English Revised Version
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
















Cross References
Genesis 42:2
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

Genesis 42:4
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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

Genesis 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
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