Cross references
Genesis 47:19
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
Genesis 47:19 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Nehemiah 5:2–3 (4 votes) and Job 2:4 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 41 to Philippians 3.
Which verses does Genesis 47:19 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Nehemiah 5:2–34 votes
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
- Job 2:44 votes
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Lamentations 1:113 votes
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
- Lamentations 5:63 votes
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Lamentations 5:93 votes
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
- Matthew 16:262 votes
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Philippians 3:8–92 votes
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
Which verses point to Genesis 47:19?
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