Genesis 42:3 - Exposition

And Joseph's ten brethren went down —either it was for safety that all the ten went, or because, the corn being sold to individuals, the quantity received would depend on their numbers (Lange)— to buy corn —the word for corn, בָּר , if not a primitive, like the Latin far (Furst), may be derived from בָּרַר , to separate, sever, choose out, hence purify (Aben Ezra, Kimchi, Gesenius), and may describe grain as that which has been cleaned from chaff, as in Jeremiah 4:11 — in (literally, from , i.e. corn to be brought from) Egypt .