Genesis 43:2 Cross References - ISV

² As a result, when Jacob’s family was beginning to eat the last of the grain that they had brought back from Egypt, their father Jacob told his sons, “Go back to Egypt and buy us some food.”

¹ Joseph’s Brothers Visit EgyptEventually, Jacob observed that there was grain in Egypt, so he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on staring at one another? ² Pay attention now! I’ve heard that there is grain in Egypt, so go down there and buy some grain for us, so we can live, instead of dying.”

⁴ So if you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy some food.

²⁰ “Your Excellency,” they said, “The first time we came here to buy food,

¹⁶ On Contentment and Other Good Things of LifeBetter is a little accompanied by fear of the LORD than abundant wealth with turmoil.

¹⁸ Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.

¹⁶ She evaluates a field and purchases it; from the proceeds she plants a vineyard.

⁸ If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁶ Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit. ⁷ Nothing to this world we bring; from it take we nothing. ⁸ With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.