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 under guard in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Isaiah 42:7
to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Jeremiah 37:15
And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison, the house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another?
Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe on the land of Egypt.
Genesis 43:1
And the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 45:23
And to his father he sent this: ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded with grain and bread and food for his father by the way.
General references
Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this I shall know that you are honest. Leave one, your brother, with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and go.
Genesis 44:23
And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.