Genesis 43:2
When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 42:1-2 : 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?” 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.”
- Gen 43:4 : 4 If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
- Gen 43:20 : 20 They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
- Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.
- Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Prov 31:16 : 16 She considered a field and bought it; from her own income she planted a vineyard.
- 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. 7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. 8 But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.
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- Gen 44:23-264 verses88%
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
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1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
- Gen 42:1-33 verses84%
1Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”
2He 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.”
3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 43:3-42 verses82%
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
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5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
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20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
- Gen 43:6-83 verses79%
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They 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’?”
8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
- Acts 7:11-122 verses78%
11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
12So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.
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25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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29They 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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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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55When 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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25Then 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.
- Gen 43:12-132 verses76%
12Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks– perhaps it was an oversight.
13Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.
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15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
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7When 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.”
- Gen 47:12-132 verses76%
12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.
13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
- Gen 45:17-182 verses76%
17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!
18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’
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22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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35When 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.
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10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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25When 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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23To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father’s journey.
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5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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57People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
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15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”