Verse 2

For there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We, our sons{H1121} and our daughters,{H1323} are many:{H7227} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} that we may eat{H398} and live.{H2421}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all countries{H776} came{H935} into Egypt{H4714} to Joseph{H3130} to buy{H7666} grain, because the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in all the earth.{H776}
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said,{H559} Behold, I have heard{H8085} that there is{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt:{H4714} get you down{H3381} thither, and buy{H7666} for us from thence; that we may live,{H2421} and not die.{H4191}
  • Gen 43:8 : 8 And Judah{H3063} said{H559} unto Israel{H3478} his father,{H1} Send{H7971} the lad{H5288} with me, and we will arise{H6965} and go;{H3212} that we may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} both we, and thou, and also our little ones.{H2945}
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, children{H1121} are a heritage{H5159} of Jehovah;{H3068} [And] the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990} is [his] reward.{H7939} 4 As arrows{H2671} in the hand{H3027} of a mighty man,{H1368} So are the children{H1121} of youth.{H5271} 5 Happy{H835} is the man{H1397} that hath his quiver{H827} full{H4390} of them: They shall not be put to shame,{H954} When they speak{H1696} with their enemies{H341} in the gate.{H8179}
  • Ps 128:2-4 : 2 For thou shalt eat{H398} the labor{H3018} of thy hands:{H3709} Happy{H835} shalt thou be, and it shall be well{H2896} with thee. 3 Thy wife{H802} shall be as a fruitful{H6509} vine,{H1612} In the innermost parts{H3411} of thy house;{H1004} Thy children{H1121} like olive{H2132} plants,{H8363} Round about{H5439} thy table.{H7979} 4 Behold, thus shall the man{H1397} be blessed{H1288} That feareth{H3373} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye will not hear,{H8085} and if ye will not lay{H7760} it to heart,{H3820} to give{H5414} glory{H3519} unto my name,{H8034} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} then will I send{H7971} the curse{H3994} upon you, and I will curse{H779} your blessings;{H1293} yea, I have cursed{H779} them already, because ye do not lay{H7760} it to heart.{H3820}