Genesis 42:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down and buy some, so we won't starve to death.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah said to his father, “Let Benjamin go with me, and we will leave at once, so that none of us will starve to death.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say: ‘No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.’ ”

Isaiah 38:1

About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. So I went in and told him, “The Lord says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, and so you had better start doing what needs to be done.”

Psalm 118:17

And so my life is safe, and I will live to tell what the Lord has done.

Genesis 45:9

Now hurry back and tell my father that his son Joseph says, “God has made me ruler of Egypt. Come here as quickly as you can.

Genesis 43:2

until finally, Jacob's family had eaten all the grain they had bought in Egypt. So Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy some more grain.”

Acts 7:12

But when Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

Genesis 42:3

Ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

Psalm 33:18

But the Lord watches over all who honor him and trust his kindness.

Psalm 33:19

He protects them from death and starvation.