Verse 2

For there were some that saide, Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many: therefore wyll we take corne for them, that we may eate and liue.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all countreys came into Egypt to Ioseph, for to bye corne because that the famine was so sore in all landes.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said: behold, I haue hearde that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thyther, and bye vs corne from thence, that we may liue, and not dye.
  • Gen 43:8 : 8 The said Iuda vnto Israel his father: send the lad with me, that we may arise and go, and that we may liue, & not dye, yea both we & thou, & also our meany.
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde. 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate.
  • Ps 128:2-4 : 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee. 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table. 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye wyl not heare it nor regard it, to geue the glory to my name, saith the Lorde of hoastes, I wyll sende a curse vpon you, and wyll curse your blessinges, yea I haue cursed them alredie, because ye do not consider it in your heart.