Genesis 42:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Iacob seing that there was corne in Egypt, sayde vnto his sonnes: why gape ye one vpon another?

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  • Acts 7:12 : 12 But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter.
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then came the seuen yeres of dearth, according as Ioseph had sayde, and the dearth was in all landes: but in all the lande of Egypt, was there yet foode.
  • 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.
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in worse case, after it was sayde, ye shall minishe nothyng of your brycke, of your dayly taske in due tyme:
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people saw the thunder and lightning, and the noyse of the trumpet, and the mountayne smoking: And when the people sawe it, they remoued, and stoode a farre of:
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah: Get thee vp, wherfore liest thou thus vpon thy face?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beerseba in Iuda, and left his seruaunt there.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 And at the seuen yeres ende, it fortuned that the woman came againe out of the land of the Philistines, and went out to call vpon the king for her house and for her lande. 4 And the king talked with Gehezi the seruaunt of the man of God, saying: Tel me I pray thee al the great deedes that Elisa hath done.
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 Get thee vp, for this matter belongeth vnto thee, we also will be with thee: be of good comfort therfore, and do it.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why prolong we the time? Let vs gather our selues together, and go into the strong citie, there shall we be in rest: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence, and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against hym.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim sawe his sicknesse, and Iuda his disease, Ephraim went vnto Assur, and sent vnto kyng Iareb, yet coulde not he helpe you, nor ease you of your payne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

    3 So went Iosephes ten brethren downe to bye corne in Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 And the dearth was great in the lande.

    2 And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne which they had brought out of the lande of Egypt, theyr father sayde vnto them: go agayne and bye vs a litle foode.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5 And the sonnes of Irael came to bye corne among other that came: for there was dearth in the lande of Chanaan.

    6 And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.

    7 When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them, and made hym selfe straunge vnto them, & spake roughly vnto them, saying: Whence come ye? They aunswered, out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle.

  • 12 But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28 And he said vnto his brethren, my money is restored me agayne, for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their heart fayled them, and they were astonyed, and sayd one to another, why hath God dealt thus with vs?

    29 And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying:

  • 57 And all countreys came into Egypt to Ioseph, for to bye corne because that the famine was so sore in all landes.

  • 55 And when the lande of Egypt also began to hunger, the people cryed to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto al the Egyptians, go vnto Ioseph: and what he sayeth to you, that do.

  • 17 And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: say vnto thy brethren, this do ye: lade your beastes, and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan:

  • 33 And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.

  • 8 And Israel beheld Iosephes sonnes, and sayde: What are these?

  • 6 And they toke their cattell, and the goodes whiche they had gotten in the lande of Chanaan, & came into Egypt, both Icob and all his seede with him,

  • 35 And as they emptied theyr sackes, beholde, euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke: And when both they and their father sawe the bundelles of money, they were afrayde.

  • Gen 42:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12 And he sayde vnto them agayne: nay but euen to see where the lande is weake, is your comming.

    13 And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.

    14 And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.

  • 25 They departed therfore from Egypt, and came into the lande of Chanaan, vnto Iacob theyr father.

  • 25 And they sate them downe to eate bread: and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt.

  • 12 And beholde your eyes do see, and the eyes also of my brother Beniamin, that mine own mouth speaketh vnto you.

  • 4 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, come neare to me I pray you. And they came neare. And he said, I am Ioseph your brother who ye solde into Egypt.

  • 25 And Ioseph commaunded to fill their sackes with corne, & to put euery mans money in his sacke, and to geue them vitayle to spende by the way? and thus dyd he vnto them.

  • 21 And thou saidest vnto thy seruauntes: bryng him vnto me, that I may set my eyes vpon him.

  • 19 Wherefore lettest thou vs dye before thine eyes, both we and our lande? bye vs and our land for bread, and both we and our lande wyll be bounde vnto Pharao: onlye geue vs seede, that we may lyue, and not dye, & that the lande go not to waste.

  • 7 And he asked Pharaos chiefe officers that were with hym in his maisters warde, saying: Wherfore loke ye so sadlye to day?

  • 7 They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you?

  • 32 And they are shepheardes, for theyr trade hath ben to feede cattell: and they haue brought theyr sheepe and theyr cattell, and all that they haue.

  • 25 And our father sayde vnto vs: go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.

  • 10 And they sayde vnto hym: nay my Lord, but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.