Genesis 42:1

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When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'

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  • Acts 7:12 : 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised—
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day."
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 The Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why are you down on your face?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land. 4 Meanwhile, the king was speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please tell me about all the great deeds Elisha has done."
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We are with you, so take courage and act.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why are we sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    88%

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 41:57
    73%

    57And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • Gen 45:17
    73%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 42:33
    73%

    33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

  • Gen 48:8
    73%

    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, 'Who are these?'

  • Gen 46:6
    73%

    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 42:35
    73%

    35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    72%

    12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Gen 45:25
    72%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 37:25
    72%

    25As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm, and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

  • Gen 45:12
    72%

    12Look, your own eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin can see that it is my own mouth speaking to you.

  • Gen 45:4
    72%

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and departed.

  • Gen 44:21
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    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

  • Gen 40:7
    72%

    7He asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why do you look so downcast today?'

  • Gen 43:7
    72%

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

  • Gen 42:10
    71%

    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.