Genesis 43:2

New English Translation

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 43:20

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:4

If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

Genesis 44:25

“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

Proverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 31:16

She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.