Genesis 42:1

42:1

Jacob ........ he <03290> [when Jacob.]

heard ............... looking <07200> [saw. i.e, heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt.]

The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew; (see the Parallel Passages.)

heard ............... looking <07200> [Why do ye.]

Genesis 42:5

42:5

famine <07458> [for.]