Holy Scripture
Genesis 42:1
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“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…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And Jacob having seen that there was a sale of corn in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?
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— Genesis 42:1 —
2Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.
3And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.