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 giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph is a prisoner,
Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
Jeremiah 37:15
and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.
Carry corn
Genesis 42:1
And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'
Genesis 41:56
And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all places which have corn in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
Genesis 43:1
And the famine is severe in the land;
Genesis 45:23
and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way.
General references
Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye are right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and for the famine of your houses take ye and go,
Genesis 44:23
and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.