Genesis 47:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? We will be thine, both we and our lands. Buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.

Cross References

Job 2:4

And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life.

Lamentations 5:9

We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.

Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

Lamentations 1:11

Caph. All her people sigh, they seek bread: they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul. See, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile.

Matthew 16:26

For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Genesis 47:15

And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread. Why should we die in thy presence, having now no money?

Genesis 47:18

And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone. Neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands.

Genesis 47:20

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands:

Genesis 41:36

And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not consumed with scarcity.