Genesis 42:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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;'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:8 : 8 And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.
  • Gen 45:9 : 9 `Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,
  • Ps 118:17 : 17 I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou `art' dying, and dost not live.'
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 and 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 43:4 : 4 if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:3
    89%

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

  • Gen 42:1
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    1And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    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.'

  • Gen 43:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    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 47:19
    80%

    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.'

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    79%

    11`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

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

  • Gen 41:54-55
    2 verses
    78%

    54and 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;

    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 44:25
    78%

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

  • Gen 41:57
    78%

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

  • Gen 47:14-15
    2 verses
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    14and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.

    15And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, `Give to us bread -- why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?'

  • Gen 42:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    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 41:36
    77%

    36and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

  • Gen 42:10
    76%

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

  • Gen 43:20
    76%

    20and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

  • Gen 43:4
    76%

    4if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

  • Jer 42:14
    76%

    14saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

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

    18and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.

  • Gen 47:4
    75%

    4and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous `is' the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 42:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses,

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

  • Gen 45:9
    74%

    9`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

  • Gen 43:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    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?'

    8And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

  • Gen 46:31
    74%

    31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who `are' in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;