Genesis 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, “The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 31:40

31:40 I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

Genesis 43:1-2

The Second Journey to Egypt

43:1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 43:2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:12

43:12 Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks – perhaps it was an oversight.

Genesis 45:7

45:7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Genesis 45:11

45:11 I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

Isaiah 51:1-2

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry from which you were dug!

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth.

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,

but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.