Genesis 42:19
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 42
“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:”Genesis 42:19
What Does Genesis 42:19 Mean?
Genesis 42:19 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 42, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Genesis 42:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 42:33“And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:”Genesis 42:11“We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.”Genesis 40:3“And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.”Genesis 41:56“And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.”Genesis 42:1“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?”Genesis 42:7“And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.”Genesis 42:26“And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.”Genesis 43:1“And the famine was sore in the land.”Genesis 45:23“And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.”Isaiah 42:7“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”Isaiah 42:22“But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.”Jeremiah 37:15“Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.”
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