Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't let us die. Do something! Don't let our fields be deserted. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We will be the king's slaves, and he will own our land. Give us grain to keep us alive and seed so that we can plant our fields." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness. buy us. Nehemiah 5:2,3 And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: let us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live. . . . Job 2:4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life: Lamentations 1:11 Caph. All her people sigh, they seek bread: they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile. Lamentations 5:6,9 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread. . . . Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? Philippians 3:8,9 Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ. . . . and give. Genesis 47:23 Then Joseph said to the people: Behold, as you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao; take seed and sow the fields, Context Joseph's Leadership During the Famine…18And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone: neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands. 19Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands:… Cross References Genesis 47:15 And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should we die in thy presence, having now no money? Genesis 47:18 And they came the second year, and said to him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our money is spent, and our cattle also are gone: neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands. Genesis 47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every man selling his possessions, because of the greatness of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao's hands: Jump to Previous Bondmen Bread Buy Desolate Die Eyes Food Live Pharaoh Seed Servants Wherefore Won'tJump to Next Bondmen Bread Buy Desolate Die Eyes Food Live Pharaoh Seed Servants Wherefore Won'tLinks Genesis 47:19 NIVGenesis 47:19 NLT Genesis 47:19 ESV Genesis 47:19 NASB Genesis 47:19 Bible Apps Genesis 47:19 Biblia Paralela Genesis 47:19 Chinese Bible Genesis 47:19 French Bible Genesis 47:19 German Bible Alphabetical: and as be become before bondage both Buy desolate die exchange eyes food for Give in land live may not our perish Pharaoh seed should slaves so that the to us we well Why will with your OT Law: Genesis 47:19 Why should we die before your eyes (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |