Genesis 47:19

New Century Version

Surely both we and our land will die here in front of you. Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be slaves to the king, together with our land. Give us seed to plant so that we will live and not die, and the land will not become a desert.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:36

That food should be saved to use during the seven years of hunger that will come on the land of Egypt. Then the people in Egypt will not die during the seven years of hunger.”

Genesis 47:15

After some time, when the people in Egypt and Canaan had no money left, they went to Joseph and said, “Please give us food. Our money is gone, and if we don’t eat, we will die here in front of you.”

Genesis 47:18

The next year the people came to Joseph and said, “You know we have no money left, and all our animals belong to you. We have nothing left except our bodies and our land.

Genesis 47:20

So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for the king. Every Egyptian sold Joseph his field, because the hunger was very great. So the land became the king’s,

Job 2:4

“One skin for another!” Satan answered. “A man will give all he has to save his own life.

Lamentations 1:11

All of Jerusalem’s people groan, looking for bread. They are trading their precious things for food so they can stay alive. The city says, “Look, Lord, and see. I am hated.”

Lamentations 5:6

We made an agreement with Egypt and with Assyria to get enough food.

Lamentations 5:9

We risk our lives to get our food; we face death in the desert.

Matthew 16:26

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.