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
even in the prison where Joseph was bound.
Isaiah 42:7
That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind; let out the prisoners, and them that sit in darkness, out of the dungeon house.
Jeremiah 37:15
Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, causing him to be beaten, and to be laid in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe. For he was the ruler of the prison.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob saw that there was corn to be sold in Egypt, he said unto his sons, "Why are ye negligent?
Genesis 41:56
And when the dearth was throughout all the land, Joseph opened all that was in the cities, and sold unto the Egyptians. And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 43:1
And the dearth waxed sore in the land.
Genesis 45:23
And unto his father he sent, after the same manner, ten he asses laden with goods out of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn, bread and meat: to serve his father by the way.
General references
Genesis 42:33
And the lord of the country said unto us, 'Hereby shall I know if ye mean truly: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food necessary for your households and get you away,
Genesis 44:23
Then saidest thou unto thy servants, 'Except your youngest brother come with you, look that ye see my face no more.'