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Genesis 43:2
Genesis 43:2 is verse 2 of Genesis chapter 43, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So 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.”
King James Version
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
World English Bible
When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”
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Genesis 43:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Now the famine was still severe in the land.
2 So 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.”
3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 43:4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
Genesis 43:20“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
Genesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Genesis 42:2“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.”
Proverbs 15:16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 31:16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:7For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.
1 Timothy 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.