Acts 7:12 Cross References

Acts 7:12

12: Jacob heard that there was still grain in Egypt, so he sent his sons to buy some.

Genesis 42:1

  1. When Jacob heard that there was grain available in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you standing around looking at one another?
  2. I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down and buy some for us before we all starve to death."
  3. So Joseph's ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.
  4. Jacob wouldn't let Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, however, for fear some harm might come to him.
  5. So Jacob's sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine had reached Canaan as well.

Genesis 43:2

  1. When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, "Go again and buy us a little food."
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