Genesis 42:2

New Century Version

I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us to eat, so that we will live and not die.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send Benjamin with me, and we will go at once so that we, you, and our children may live and not die.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person lives not on bread alone, but by everything God says.’ ”

Isaiah 38:1

At that time Hezekiah became very sick; he was almost dead. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, “This is what the Lord says: Make arrangements, because you are not going to live, but die.”

Psalm 118:17

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

Genesis 45:9

“So leave quickly and go to my father. Tell him, ‘Your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all Egypt. Come down to me quickly.

Genesis 43:4

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

Genesis 43:2

When Jacob’s family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go to Egypt again and buy a little more grain for us to eat.”

Acts 7:12

But when Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent his sons there. This was their first trip to Egypt.

Genesis 42:3

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

Psalm 33:18

But the Lord looks after those who fear him, those who put their hope in his love.

Psalm 33:19

He saves them from death and spares their lives in times of hunger.