2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
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But godliness with contentment is great gain. …
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? …
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen. 43:1 , 2 . The famine continued; and the corn they had bought was all spent, for it is meat that perisheth. Jacob, as a good master of a family, is in care to provide for those of his own house food convenient; and shall not God provide for his children, for the household of faith ? Jacob bids them go again and buy a little food;…
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