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Genesis 42:2
And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

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Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

Genesis 26:1
Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 37:25
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Genesis 41:55
And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

Genesis 41:56
And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:26
Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

Genesis 45:11
And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

Genesis 45:23
And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.

Genesis 45:25
So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

Genesis 46:3
And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

Genesis 47:13
Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

Deuteronomy 26:5
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

James 5:7
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

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Genesis 42:20
And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

Genesis 42:23
They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

Genesis 42:24
And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

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Genesis 42:7
And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

Genesis 42:8
Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

Genesis 42:9
Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

Genesis 42:10
And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

Genesis 42:12
And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

Genesis 42:13
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

Genesis 42:14
And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

Genesis 42:15
But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

Genesis 42:17
So he put them in prison for three days.

Genesis 42:18
And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Genesis 42:21
And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

Genesis 42:22
And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

Acts 7:12
But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

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Exodus 5:19
Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.

Exodus 20:18
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

1 Kings 19:3
And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

Galatians 2:7
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

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Deuteronomy 33:6
Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

2 Kings 7:4
If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

2 Kings 7:13
And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.

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Psalms 33:18
See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

Psalms 33:19
To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

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Genesis 43:20
And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;

Nehemiah 5:2
For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 31:16
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:

1 Timothy 6:7
For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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Jeremiah 24:5
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.

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Amos 8:11
See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.

Amos 8:12
And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

Matthew 4:4
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

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John 1:16
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

Colossians 1:19
For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

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