421 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt , and Jacob said to his sons , "Why are you staring at one another?" 2 He said , "Behold , I have heard that there is grain in Egypt ; go down there and buy some for us from that place , so that we may live and not die ." 3 Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt . 4 But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers , for he said , " I am afraid that harm may befall him." 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming , for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. 6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land ; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land . And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 42:1-6
Commentary on Genesis 42:1-6
(Read Genesis 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.