Genesis 42:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:12 : 12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see [that] they [were] in evil [case], after it was said, Ye shall not minish [ought] from your bricks of your daily task.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 ¶ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal 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 have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

    3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1¶ And the famine [was] sore in the land.

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.

    7¶ And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us?

    29¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

  • Gen 41:57
    73%

    57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

  • Gen 45:17
    73%

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 42:33
    73%

    33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:

  • Gen 48:8
    73%

    8¶ And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these?

  • Gen 46:6
    73%

    6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

  • Gen 42:35
    73%

    35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 42:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

    13And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.

    14And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies:

  • Gen 45:25
    72%

    25¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

  • Gen 37:25
    72%

    25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

  • Gen 45:12
    72%

    12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.

  • Gen 45:4
    72%

    4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

  • Gen 44:21
    72%

    21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • Gen 40:7
    72%

    7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?

  • Gen 43:7
    72%

    7And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little food.

  • Gen 42:10
    71%

    10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.