Genesis 43:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

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.”

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:8

People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.

Proverbs 31:16

She knows how to buy land and how to plant a vineyard,

Proverbs 16:18

Too much pride will destroy you.

Proverbs 15:16

It's better to obey the Lord and have only a little, than to be very rich and terribly anxious.

Genesis 43:20

“Sir, we came to Egypt once before to buy grain.

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 43:3

Judah replied, “The governor strictly warned us that we would not be allowed to see him unless we brought our youngest brother with us. If you let us take Benjamin along, we will go and buy grain. But we won't go without him!”

Genesis 44:25

Later our father sent us back here to buy more grain.