Genesis 42:1
Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”
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- Acts 7:12 : 12 So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.
- Gal 2:7 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
- Gen 41:54 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
- Gen 41:57 : 57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
- Gen 42:2 : 2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
- Exod 5:19 : 19 The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told,“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
- Exod 20:18 : 18 All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
- Josh 7:10 : 10 The LORD responded to Joshua,“Get up! Why are you lying there face down?
- 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,
- 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 4 Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet’s servant, and said,“Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.”
- Ezra 10:4 : 4 Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”
- Jer 8:14 : 14 Jeremiah Laments over the Coming Destruction The people say,“Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the LORD our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.
- Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!
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- Gen 42:2-32 verses88%
2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 43:1-22 verses80%
1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
- Gen 42:5-73 verses79%
5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
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12 So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.
- Gen 42:28-292 verses75%
28 He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”
29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
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57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
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55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
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17 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
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33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
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8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”
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6 Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.
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35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.
- Gen 42:12-143 verses72%
12 “No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
13 They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
14 But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!
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25 So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.
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12 You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.
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4 Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
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25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.
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21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
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19 Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”
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7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”
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7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
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32 The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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25 “Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
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10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!