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Genesis 42:5-7
New International Reader's Version
Genesis 42:5-7
New International Reader's Version
5 Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.
6 Joseph was the governor of the land. He was the one who sold grain to all its people. When Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended to be a stranger. He spoke to them in a mean way. “Where do you come from?” he asked.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We’ve come to buy food.”
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