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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- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.”
- NKJV And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”
- NASB So it came about, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”
- NLT 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.”
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Cross-references · 8
- Prov 31:16She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
- Prov 15:16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
- Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 1 Tim 5:8But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 1 Tim 6:6–8But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Gen 43:20and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
- Gen 42:1–2Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
- Gen 43:4If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food,
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