Genesis 42:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
  • Acts 7:11 : 11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

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  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

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

    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 41:54-57
    4 verses
    85%

    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.

    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.

    56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

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

  • Gen 42:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    81%

    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 42:10
    78%

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

  • Gen 47:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

    14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

    15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

  • Acts 7:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

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

  • Gen 43:20
    75%

    20 And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;

  • 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 45:6
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    6 For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:36
    74%

    36 And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

  • Gen 47:19-20
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    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.

    20 So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 43:15
    74%

    15 And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

  • Gen 47:1
    74%

    1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.