Verse 2

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

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.