Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Carry corn
General references
Bible References
House
Genesis 40:3
and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
Isaiah 42:7
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
Genesis 41:56
So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 45:23
To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.
General references
Genesis 42:33
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.
Genesis 44:23
Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.'