Genesis 42:1
Then saw Jacob that there was corn in Egypt,—and Jacob said to his sons, Wherefore look ye one at another?
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Genesis 41:57All the earth also, came in to Egypt to buy corn, unto Joseph,—because the famine had laid fast hold on all the earth.
Exodus 5:19Then did the overseers of the sons of Israel see themselves to be in an evil case, when it was said,—Ye shall not diminish from your bricks—the task of a day, in its day
Joshua 7:10And Yahweh said unto Joshua—Get thee up! wherefore is it that thou art lying upon thy face?
2 Kings 8:3And it came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines,—and she went forth to make outcry unto the king, concerning her house and concerning her field.
Jeremiah 8:14Why are, we, sitting still? Gather yourselves together and let us enter the defenced cities And let us be silent there,—For, Yahweh our God, hath put us to silence And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Acts 7:12But Jacob, hearing there was corn in Egypt, sent off our fathers, first;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:1
We had, in the foregoing chapter, the fulfilling of the dreams which Joseph had interpreted: in this and the following chapters we have the fulfilling of the dreams which Joseph himself had dreamed, that his father's family should do homage to him. The story is very largely and particularly related of what passed between Joseph and his brethren, not only because it is an entertaining story, and probably was much talked of, both among the Israelites and among the Egyptians, but because it is very instructive, and… Read the whole commentary →