Genesis 42:2

The Passion Translation

I hear there is grain in Egypt; go there and buy some for us so we don’t all starve to death.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph’s ten half brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt,

Genesis 43:2

When all the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us more food.”

Genesis 43:4

We’ll only go if you’ll let our brother come with us.

Genesis 43:8

Then Judah spoke up and said to Israel, “Father, I promise to guarantee his safety with my life. You can hold me personally responsible if I don’t return with him. I’ll bear the blame before you for the rest of my life if I fail to bring him safely back to you! You have my promise. Entrust him to my care, and let us be on our way, so that we all don’t die of starvation—we and you and all our children—we will live and not die!

Genesis 45:9

“Hurry back to my father and tell him that you have found me alive. Tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me ruler of all Egypt. Come to me without delay.

Psalm 118:17

You will not let them kill me, but I will live to tell the world what the Lord has done for me.

Psalm 33:18

The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him— those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God.

Psalm 33:19

God will deliver them from death, even the certain death of famine, with no one to help.

Isaiah 38:1

Now, Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and prophesied to him, saying, “This is what Yahweh has to say to you: Set your affairs in order, for you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die.”

Matthew 4:4

He answered, “The Scriptures say: Bread alone will not satisfy, but true life is found in every word that constantly goes forth from God’s mouth.”

Acts 7:12

But when Jacob learned that there was food in Egypt, he sent his sons, our ancestors, on their first trip to purchase grain for their family.