Quotes about Grain
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
— Genesis 41:57
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
— Genesis 42:1
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
— Genesis 42:2
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
— Genesis 42:3
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
— Genesis 42:5
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
— Genesis 42:6
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
— Genesis 42:19
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
— Genesis 42:25
and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
— Genesis 42:26
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
— Genesis 43:2
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
— Genesis 44:2
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
— Genesis 47:14