Genesis 42:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

I hear that there is grain in Egypt; go there and buy some to keep us from starving to death.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:8

Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will leave at once. Then none of us will starve to death.

Matthew 4:4

But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.’”

Isaiah 38:1

About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, “The Lord tells you that you are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.”

Psalm 118:17

I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.

Genesis 45:9

“Now hurry back to my father and tell him that this is what his son Joseph says: ‘God has made me ruler of all Egypt; come to me without delay.

Genesis 43:4

If you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go and buy food for you.

Genesis 43:2

and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy a little food for us.”

Acts 7:12

and when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first visit there.

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph's ten half brothers went to buy grain in Egypt,

Psalm 33:18

The Lord watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.

Psalm 33:19

He saves them from death; he keeps them alive in times of famine.