Genesis 42:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

During the famine in Canaan, Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons, “Why are you sitting here doing nothing?

Cross References

Acts 7:12

“But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. So he sent our people there. This was their first trip to Egypt.

Joshua 7:10

The Lord said to Joshua, “Why are you down there with your face on the ground? Stand up!

Galatians 2:7

But these leaders saw that God had given me a special work, the same as Peter. God gave Peter the work of telling the Good News to the Jews. But God gave me the work of telling the Good News to the non-Jewish people.

Hosea 5:13

Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, so they went to Assyria for help. They told their problems to the great king, but he cannot heal you or cure your wound.

Jeremiah 8:14

“They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here? Come, let’s run to the strong cities. If the Lord our God is going to make us die, then let’s die there. We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink.

Ezra 10:4

Get up, Ezra. This is your responsibility, but we will support you. So be brave and do it.”

1 Kings 19:3

When Elijah heard this, he was afraid. So he ran away to save his life. He took his servant with him, and they went to Beersheba in Judah. Then Elijah left his servant in Beersheba

Exodus 20:18

During all this time, the people in the valley heard the thundering and saw the lightning on the mountain. They saw smoke rising from the mountain and heard the sound of the trumpet. They were afraid and shook with fear. They stood away from the mountain and watched.

Exodus 5:19

The Hebrew foremen knew they were in trouble, because the Pharaoh had told them, “You must still make as many bricks as you made before.”

Genesis 42:2

I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go there and buy grain for us so that we will live and not die!”

Genesis 41:57

but the famine was bad everywhere. So people from the countries around Egypt had to come to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain.

Genesis 41:54

Then the seven years of hunger began, just as Joseph had said. No food grew anywhere in any of the countries in that area. But in Egypt people had plenty to eat because Joseph had stored the grain.