Genesis 42:3
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So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Genesis 42:5,13 And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
2I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want. 3So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:4Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:2
I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

Genesis 42:4
Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

Lexicon
So ten
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

of Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

brothers
אֲחֵֽי־ (’ă·ḥê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

went down
וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to buy
לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר (liš·bōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7666: To deal in grain

grain
בָּ֖ר (bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1250: Grain, the open country

from Egypt.
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


Additional Translations
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy corn in Egypt.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
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