שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).

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When Jacob saw. — This means he learned and understood that there was grain in Egypt. As we have seen (Genesis 37:25),…

Now when Jacob saw. Moses begins, in this chapter, to address the occasion which drew Jacob with his whole family into Egypt, and thus lea…

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt That is, to be sold there, or otherwise it being there, unless it could b…

Jacob saw the grain his neighbors had bought in Egypt and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied.