Genesis 43:2
It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
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- Gen 42:1-2 : 1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?" 2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."
- Gen 43:4 : 4 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
- Gen 43:20 : 20 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
- Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
- Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Prov 31:16 : 16 She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
- 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out. 8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
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- Gen 44:23-264 verses88%
23You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'
24It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'
26We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'
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1The famine was severe in the land.
- Gen 42:1-33 verses84%
1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
2He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."
3Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 43:3-42 verses82%
3Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
4If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,
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5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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20and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
- Gen 43:6-83 verses79%
6Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
8Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.
- Acts 7:11-122 verses78%
11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
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25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
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29They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."
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25Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
- Gen 43:12-132 verses76%
12and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
13Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.
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15The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
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7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
- Gen 47:12-132 verses76%
12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
13There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
- Gen 45:17-182 verses76%
17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'
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22We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."
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35It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
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10They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
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23He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
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5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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57All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
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15When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails."