“And Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you idle? Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy food for us." This is not something Jacob said one time; he says it daily to his sons who come to Christ's grace too late, "Why are you idle? Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt." From…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On Joseph the Patriarch
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1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
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— Genesis 42:1 —
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.