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He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

Genesis 42:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪૨:૨
મારા સાંભળવામાં આવ્યું છે કે, “મિસરમાં અનાજ ઉપલબ્ધ છે. ત્યાં જાઓ અને ત્યાંથી આપણે સારુ અનાજ વેચાતું લાવો કે આપણે ખાઈને મરણથી બચીએ અને જીવતા રહીએ.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४२:२
फिर उसने कहा, “मैंने सुना है कि मिस्र में अन्न है; इसलिए तुम लोग वहाँ जाकर हमारे लिये अन्न मोल ले आओ, जिससे हम न मरें, वरन् जीवित रहें।” (प्रेरि. 7:12)

In context

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

2He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

3Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

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