Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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Interpretation

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

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This thought runs through Genesis 42:3-6.

Egypt Place: The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
Canaan Place: Biblical region. Modern identification: Canaan.