Genesis 47:19 Cross References
Genesis 47:19
19: Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we will then become servants to Pharaoh. Just give us grain so that our lives may be saved and so the land will not become empty and desolate."
Nehemiah 5:2
- They were saying, "We have such large families. We need more money just so we can buy the food we need to survive."
- Others said, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine."
Lamentations 1:11
- Her people groan as they search for bread. They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive. "O LORD, look," she mourns, "and see how I am despised.
Matthew 16:26
- And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul?
Philippians 3:8
- Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ
- and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
Lamentations 5:9
- We must hunt for food in the wilderness at the risk of our lives.
Job 2:4
- Satan replied to the LORD, "Skin for skin--he blesses you only because you bless him. A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
Lamentations 5:6
- We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.