Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
We, our sons
We take up corn
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Bible References
We, our sons
Psalm 127:3
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Psalm 128:2
You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you [will be] happy and [it will be] well with you.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, and if you will not {take it to heart} to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; moreover I have [already] cursed them because {you are not taking it to heart}.
We take up corn
Genesis 41:57
And every land came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.
Genesis 42:2
Then he said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us there that we may live and not die."
Genesis 43:8
Then Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the boy with me, and let us arise and go, so that we will live and not die--you, we, and our children.
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Exodus 22:25
" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.
Amos 8:6
{That we can} buy [the] powerless with silver and [the] poor for the sake of a pair of sandals, and we can sell the waste of the grain?"