Genesis 43:2

New Living Translation

When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

Cross References

Genesis 43:1

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:20

“Sir,” they said, “we came to Egypt once before to buy food.

Genesis 43:3

But Judah said, “The man was serious when he warned us, ‘You won’t see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:4

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

Genesis 44:25

Later, when he said, ‘Go back again and buy us more food,’

Proverbs 15:16

Better to have little, with fear for the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

Proverbs 31:16

She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard.

1 Timothy 5:8

But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.