Genesis 43:2

Good News Translation

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 43:20

“If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food.

Genesis 43:3

Judah said to him, “The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us.

Genesis 43:4

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

Genesis 44:25

Then he told us to return and buy a little food.

Proverbs 15:16

Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

Proverbs 31:16

She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.