Genesis 42:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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!”

Cross References

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Let Benjamin go with me. I will take care of him. We have to go to Egypt to get food. If we don’t go, we will all die—including our children.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. Their lives depend on what God says.’” Deuteronomy 8:3

Isaiah 38:1

At that time Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, “The Lord told me to tell you this: ‘You will die soon. So you should tell your family what they should do when you die. You will not get well.’”

Psalm 118:17

I will live and not die, and I will tell what the Lord has done.

Genesis 45:9

Joseph said, “Hurry up and go to my father. Tell him his son Joseph sent this message: ‘God made me the governor of Egypt. So come here to me quickly. Don’t wait.

Genesis 43:4

If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy grain.

Genesis 43:2

The people ate all the grain they had brought from Egypt. When that grain was gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go to Egypt and buy some more grain for us to eat.”

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.

Genesis 42:3

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

Psalm 33:18

The Lord watches over his followers, those who wait for him to show his faithful love.

Psalm 33:19

He saves them from death. He gives them strength when they are hungry.