Genesis 42:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.””
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““Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 42:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 43:2So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
- Genesis 43:4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
- Genesis 43:8And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- Genesis 45:9Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
- Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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