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Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
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Action in Times of Crisis
Commentators explain that when the sons "looked one upon another," they were paralyzed by despair and uncertainty. Jacob's question was a rebuke of their inactivity in a crisis. It serves as a call to move beyond helplessness and take practical, decisive action, trusting that even a simple next step can be the right one.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
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19th Century
Anglican
When Jacob saw. — This means he learned and understood that there was grain in Egypt. As we have seen (Genesis 37:25),…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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.
Should others get f…
