saw: i.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew (see the parallel passages). Gen 42:2; Exo 5:19, Exo 20:18; 1Ki 19:3; Hos 5:13; Gal 2:7
Why do ye: Jos 7:10; 2Ki 8:3-4; Ezr 10:4; Jer 8:14