Verse 2

yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

Referenced Verses

  • 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;'
  • 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.
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So `are' the sons of the young men. 5 O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!
  • Ps 128:2-4 : 2 The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee. 3 Thy wife `is' as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. 4 Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay `it' not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying `it' to heart.