Genesis 47:19
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 47
“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.”Genesis 47:19
What Does Genesis 47:19 Mean?
Genesis 47:19 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 47, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 9 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (9)
These passages are connected to Genesis 47:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Corinthians 9:10“Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)”Nehemiah 5:2“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.”Job 2:4“And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.”Lamentations 1:11“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.”Lamentations 5:6“We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”Lamentations 5:9“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”Psalms 105:16“Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.”Matthew 16:26“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”Philippians 3:8“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,”
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