Genesis 42:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?

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  • Acts 7:12 : 12 But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter:
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 Then began the seuen yeeres of famine to come, according as Ioseph had saide: and the famine was in all landes, but in all the land of Egypt was bread.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, & the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking & when the people saw it they fled and stoode afare off,
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 And at the seuen yeeres ende, the woman returned out of the lande of the Philistims, and went out to call vpon the King for her house and for her land. 4 And the King talked with Gehazi the seruant of the man of God, saying, Tell mee, I pray thee, all the great actes, that Elisha hath done.
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why doe we stay? assemble your selues, and let vs enter into the strong cities, and let vs be quiet there: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to silence and giuen vs water with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against the Lord.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim sawe his sickenes, and Iudah his wound, then went Ephraim vnto Asshur, and sent vnto King Iareb: yet coulde hee not heale you, nor cure you of your wound.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    88%

    2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

    3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Now great famine was in the land.

    2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

    7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28Then he sayde vnto his brethren, My money is restored: for loe, it is euen in my sacke; their heart fayled them, and they were astonished, and sayde one to another, What is this, that God hath done vnto vs?

    29And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

  • Gen 41:57
    73%

    57And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.

  • Gen 45:17
    73%

    17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 42:33
    73%

    33Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,

  • Gen 48:8
    73%

    8Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes & sayd, Whose are these?

  • Gen 46:6
    73%

    6And they tooke their cattell & their goods, which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and came into Egypt, both Iaakob and all his seede with him,

  • Gen 42:35
    73%

    35And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde.

  • Gen 42:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land.

    13And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.

    14Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

  • Gen 45:25
    72%

    25Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,

  • Gen 37:25
    72%

    25Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:12
    72%

    12And behold, your eyes doe see, and the eyes of my brother Beniamin, that my mouth speaketh to you.

  • Gen 45:4
    72%

    4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

  • Gen 44:21
    72%

    21Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him.

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19Why shall we perish in thy sight, both we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bonde to Pharaoh: therefore giue vs seede, that we may liue and not dye, and that the land go not to waste.

  • Gen 40:7
    72%

    7And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?

  • Gen 43:7
    72%

    7And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue.

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,

  • Gen 42:10
    71%

    10But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.