Genesis - 42:1 Meaning
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“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
42:1-6 Jacob saw the corn his neighbours had bought in Egypt, and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied. Shall others get food for their souls, and shall we starve while it is to be had? Having discovered where help is to be had, we should apply for it without delay, without shrinking from labour, or grudging expense, especially as regards our never-dying souls. There is provision in Christ; but we must come to him, and seek it from him.
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“Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?”
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