What does Genesis 42:3 mean?

Genesis 42:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Genesis 42:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

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

2And 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.

3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

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

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

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