Genesis 43:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And it came to be, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Mitsrayim, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And when [the families of Jacob's sons] had eaten up the grain which the men had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Common English Bible

² and when they had eaten all the grain that they brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And having consumed the provisions that they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Return and buy us a little food."

Genesis 43:2 Cross References

Genesis 43:1

But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

Genesis 43:20

and said, “O my master, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

Genesis 43:3

But Yehuḏ

Genesis 43:4

“If you let our brother go with us, we go down and buy you food.

Genesis 44:25

“And our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of יהוה, Than great treasure with trouble.

Proverbs 16:18

Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!

Proverbs 31:16

She shall consider a field and buy it; From her profits she shall plant a vineyard.

1 Timothy 5:8

And if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the belief and is worse than an unbeliever.