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
There were those who said, "With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive."
Job 2:4
But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
Lamentations 1:11
"Look, O Lord! Consider that I have become worthless!"
Lamentations 5:6
We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.
Matthew 16:26
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,
And give
Genesis 47:23
Joseph said to the people, "Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.