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
So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard. It was the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
Isaiah 42:7
You will open the eyes of the blind and set free those who sit in dark prisons.
Jeremiah 37:15
The officials were so angry with Jeremiah that they beat him and put him in prison in the scribe Jonathan's house, which had been turned into a prison.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons: Why are you doing nothing?
Genesis 41:56
The famine grew worse and spread over the entire country. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians.
Genesis 43:1
The famine was extremely bad in the land.
Genesis 45:23
To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt. And ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.
General references
Genesis 42:33
The governor of that land said to us, 'This is how I will know that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me. Take food for your starving families and go.
Genesis 44:23
Then you said you will not be admitted to my presence again unless your youngest brother comes with you.'