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
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Bible References
House
Genesis 40:3
And he put them in custody in the house of the chief of the guard, into the prison where Joseph was confined.
Isaiah 42:7
to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they struck him. And they put him [in] {prison}, [in] the house of Jonathan the secretary, for they had converted it to the {prison}.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob realized that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over the whole land, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold [food] to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine in the land [was] severe.
Genesis 45:23
And to his father he sent {as follows}: ten donkeys carrying the best of Egypt, and ten donkeys carrying grain and food and provisions for his father for the journey.
General references
Genesis 42:33
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you [are] honest. Leave one [brother] with me, and take [food for] the famine in your households and go.
Genesis 44:23
Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not again see my face.'