Genesis 42:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

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  • Acts 7:12 : 12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land. 4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

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  • Gen 42:2-3
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    2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

    3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 42:5-7
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    5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

    6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28 And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

    29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

  • Gen 41:57
    73%

    57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 42:33
    73%

    33 And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

  • Gen 48:8
    73%

    8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

  • Gen 46:6
    73%

    6 And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • Gen 42:35
    73%

    35 And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    72%

    12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

    13 Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

    14 And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • Gen 45:25
    72%

    25 So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 37:25
    72%

    25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

  • Gen 45:12
    72%

    12 Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25 Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

  • Gen 44:21
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    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19 Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

  • Gen 40:7
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    7 And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

  • Gen 43:7
    72%

    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25 And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.

  • Gen 42:10
    71%

    10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.