Genesis 42:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:12 : 12 and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;
  • Gal 2:7 : 7 but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with `that' of the circumcision,
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;
  • Gen 41:57 : 57 and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
  • Gen 42:2 : 2 he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'
  • Exod 5:19 : 19 And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, `Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,
  • Josh 7:10 : 10 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why `is' this? -- thou `art' falling on thy face?
  • 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that `is' Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,
  • 2 Kgs 8:3-4 : 3 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field. 4 And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.'
  • Ezra 10:4 : 4 rise, for on thee `is' the matter, and we `are' with thee; be strong, and do.'
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    88%

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1And the famine `is' severe in the land;

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

  • Acts 7:12
    78%

    12and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What `is' this God hath done to us!'

    29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

  • Gen 41:57
    73%

    57and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'

  • Gen 45:17
    73%

    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 42:33
    73%

    33`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

  • Gen 48:8
    73%

    8And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who `are' these?'

  • Gen 46:6
    73%

    6and they take their cattle, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt -- Jacob, and all his seed with him,

  • Gen 42:35
    73%

    35And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

  • Gen 42:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

    13and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

  • Gen 45:25
    72%

    25And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,

  • Gen 37:25
    72%

    25And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take `them' down to Egypt.

  • Gen 45:12
    72%

    12`And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that `it is' my mouth which is speaking unto you;

  • Gen 45:4
    72%

    4And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels `with' corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

  • Gen 44:21
    72%

    21`And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • Gen 40:7
    72%

    7and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who `are' with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore `are' your faces sad to-day?'

  • Gen 43:7
    72%

    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

  • Gen 46:32
    72%

    32and the men `are' feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

  • Gen 44:25
    72%

    25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

  • Gen 42:10
    71%

    10And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;