Genesis 42:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Beholde, I heare that there is moch corne in Egipte, go downe & bye vs corne, yt we maie lyue, & not dye.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:8 : 8 Then sayde Iuda vnto Israel his father: Let the lad go with me, that we maye get vs vp and take oure iourney, and lyue, and not dye, both we and thou, and oure childre.
  • Gen 45:9 : 9 Haist you therfore, and go vp vnto my father, and saye vnto him: Thy sonne Ioseph sendeth the this worde: God hath made me lorde in all Egipte, come downe vnto me, tarye not,
  • Ps 118:17 : 17 I wil not dye, but lyue, and declare the workes of the LORDE.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 Not longe afore this, was Ezechias deadsick: And the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos came vnto him, and sayde: Thus commaundeth the LORDE: Set thyne house in ordre, for thou must dye, and shalt not escape.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 He answered & sayde: yt is wrytte: Man shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 And whan all the vytales that they had brought out of Egipte were spent, Iacob their father sayde vnto them: Go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.
  • Gen 43:4 : 4 Yf so be now that thou wilt sende oure brother with vs, we wil go downe, and bye the foode.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:3
    89%

    3So Iosephs ten brethre wente downe to bye corne in Egipte.

  • Gen 42:1
    88%

    1Whan Iacob sawe that there was moch corne in Egipte, he sayde vnto his sonnes: Why gape ye?

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5So ye childre of Israel came to bye corne, amonge other yt came wt them: for there was derth also in ye lande of Canaan.

    6But Ioseph was gouernoure in the lande, and solde corne vnto all the people in the lande. Now wha his brethre came to him, they fell downe to the grounde before him vpon their faces.

    7And he sawe them, & knewe the, and helde him self straunge towarde them, and talked roughly with them, and saide vnto them: Whence come ye? They sayde: Out of the lande of Canaan to bye vytayle.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1Bvt the derth oppressed ye lande.

    2And whan all the vytales that they had brought out of Egipte were spent, Iacob their father sayde vnto them: Go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.

  • Gen 47:19
    80%

    19Wherfore suffrest thou both vs to dye, and oure londe? Take vs and oure lade for bred, that we and oure lande maye be bonde vnto Pharao: geue vs sede, that we maye lyue and not dye, & yt the lande become not a wildernesse.

  • Acts 7:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan, and a greate trouble, and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce.

    12But Iacob herde that there was corne in Egipte, and sent oure fathers out the first tyme.

  • Gen 41:54-55
    2 verses
    78%

    54then beganne the seuen deare yeares to come, wherof Ioseph had sayde. And there was derth in all landes, but in all the lade of Egipte there was foode.

    55Now whan the lande of Egipte beganne to suffre honger also, the people cryed vnto Pharao for bred. But Pharao sayde vnto all ye Egipcians: Go vnto Ioseph, what he sayeth vnto you, yt doo.

  • Gen 44:25
    78%

    25Then sayde oure father: Go youre waye agayne, and bye vs a litle foode.

  • Gen 41:57
    78%

    57& all countrees came to Egipte to bye at Ioseph: for the derth was mightie in all landes.

  • Gen 47:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14And Ioseph brought together all the money that was founde in Egipte and Canaan, for ye corne that they bought. And he layed vp all the money in Pharaos house.

    15Now whan money fayled in the lande of Egipte and Canaan, all the Egipcians came vnto Ioseph, & saide: Geue vs bred. Why suffrest thou vs to dye before ye, because weare without money?

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32but are twolue brethren the sonnes of oure father: one is awaye, and the yongest is yet this daye wt oure father in the lande of Canaan,

    33He sayde: Hereby wyl I marke, that ye are vnfayned: Leaue one of youre brethren with me, & take foode necessary for youre houses, & go youre waye,

  • Gen 41:36
    77%

    36and kepe it, yt there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares, which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte, that the lande be not destroyed of honger.

  • Gen 42:10
    76%

    10They answered him: No my lorde, thy seruauntes are come to bye vytayle:

  • Gen 43:20
    76%

    20and sayde: Syr, we came downe at the first to bye foode,

  • Gen 43:4
    76%

    4Yf so be now that thou wilt sende oure brother with vs, we wil go downe, and bye the foode.

  • Jer 42:14
    76%

    14but will saye thus: we will not dwell here, but go in to Egipte: where we shall nether se warre, heare the noyse off batell, ner suffre honger, there will we dwell.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: Saye vnto thy brethren: Do thus, lade youre beastes, go youre waye, and whan ye come in to the lande of Canaan,

    18take youre father and youre housholdes, and come vnto me, I wyl geue you of the goodes in the lade of Egipte, so that ye shall eate the fatt in the lande.

  • Gen 47:4
    75%

    4And they sayde morouer vnto Pharao: We are come to dwell with you in the lande, for yi seruautes haue no pasture for their catell, so sore doth the derth oppresse the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let yi seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen.

  • Gen 42:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19Yf ye be vnfayned, let one of youre brethren lye bounde in youre preson: but go ye youre waye, and cary home the necessary foode,

    20& brynge me youre yongest brother, so wyll I beleue youre wordes, that ye shall not dye. And so they dyd.

  • Gen 45:9
    74%

    9Haist you therfore, and go vp vnto my father, and saye vnto him: Thy sonne Ioseph sendeth the this worde: God hath made me lorde in all Egipte, come downe vnto me, tarye not,

  • Gen 43:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7They answered: The man enquered so strately of vs and of oure kynrede, & sayde: Is youre father yet a lyue? Haue ye yet a brother? Then tolde we him, as he axed vs. How coulde we knowe, that he wolde saye: brynge youre brother downe wt you?

    8Then sayde Iuda vnto Israel his father: Let the lad go with me, that we maye get vs vp and take oure iourney, and lyue, and not dye, both we and thou, and oure childre.

  • Gen 46:31
    74%

    31Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, & to his fathers house: I will go vp, & tell Pharao, & saye vnto him: My brethre and my fathers house are come vnto me out of the lande of Canaan,