Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

And give

Bible References

Buy us

Nehemiah 5:2
For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.”
Job 2:4
Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Lamentations 1:11
All her people groan seeking bread;
They have given their precious things for food
To restore their lives themselves.
“See, O Lord, and look,
For I am despised.”
Lamentations 5:6
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

And give

Genesis 47:23
Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land.