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Genesis

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In Genesis 43 Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold into slavery, yet God reassures him not to fear. He interprets Pharaoh’s dream and is appointed governor, overseeing the storage of grain and the eventual release of the Israelites.

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(1) And the famine was sore in the land.
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Genesis 18:13Genesis 41:54Genesis 41:55Genesis 41:56Genesis 41:57Genesis 42:5Ecclesiastes 9:1Ecclesiastes 9:2Lamentations 5:10Acts 7:11Acts 7:12Acts 7:13

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Genesis 41:56Genesis 47:13

(2) And 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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Genesis 43:4Genesis 43:20Genesis 42:1Genesis 42:2Proverbs 15:16Proverbs 16:18Proverbs 31:16I Timothy 5:8I Timothy 6:6I Timothy 6:7I Timothy 6:8

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(3) And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
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Genesis 42:15Genesis 42:16Genesis 42:17Genesis 42:18Genesis 42:19Genesis 42:20Genesis 42:33Genesis 42:34Genesis 44:23Acts 7:34Genesis 43:5II Samuel 3:13

(4) If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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II Kings 8:12Genesis 41:48Genesis 38:17Exodus 4:13Exodus 15:26Ruth 4:4

(5) But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
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Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:26Exodus 20:12

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(6) And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
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(7) And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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Genesis 43:3

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I Kings 3:11II Chronicles 1:11

(8) And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
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Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:26Exodus 20:12Genesis 42:2Deuteronomy 33:6II Kings 7:4II Kings 7:13Psalms 118:17Genesis 45:19Genesis 50:8Genesis 50:21Numbers 14:31

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(9) I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
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Genesis 42:37Genesis 44:32Genesis 44:33I Kings 1:21Job 17:3Psalms 119:122Philemon 1:18Philemon 1:19Hebrews 7:22Genesis 9:5Genesis 31:39Ezekiel 3:18

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(10) For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
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(11) And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
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Genesis 43:14Esther 4:16Acts 21:14Genesis 32:13Genesis 32:14Genesis 32:15Genesis 32:16Genesis 32:17Genesis 32:18Genesis 32:19Genesis 32:20Genesis 32:21

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(12) And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
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Romans 12:17Romans 13:8II Corinthians 8:21Philippians 4:8I Thessalonians 4:6I Thessalonians 5:21Hebrews 13:8Genesis 42:25Genesis 42:35

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(13) Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
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Genesis 42:38

(14) And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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(15) And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
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(16) And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
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(17) And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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(18) And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
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Genesis 42:21Genesis 42:28Genesis 42:35Judges 13:22Job 15:21Psalms 53:5Psalms 73:16Isaiah 7:2Matthew 14:26Matthew 14:27Mark 6:16Deuteronomy 22:14

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(19) And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
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Ezekiel 41:3

(20) And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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Genesis 43:3Genesis 43:7Genesis 42:3Genesis 42:10Genesis 42:27Genesis 42:35

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(21) And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
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Genesis 42:27Genesis 42:28Genesis 42:29Genesis 42:30Genesis 42:31Genesis 42:32Genesis 42:33Genesis 42:34Genesis 42:35Genesis 43:12Romans 12:17Romans 13:8

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(22) And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
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(23) And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
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Judges 6:23Judges 19:20I Samuel 25:6I Chronicles 12:18Ezra 4:17Luke 10:5Luke 24:36John 14:27John 20:19John 20:21John 20:26Genesis 43:14

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(24) And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
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(25) And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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Genesis 43:11Genesis 43:16

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(26) And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
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Genesis 43:28Genesis 27:29Genesis 37:7Genesis 37:8Genesis 37:9Genesis 37:10Genesis 37:19Genesis 37:20Genesis 42:6Psalms 72:9Romans 14:11Philippians 2:10

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(27) And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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Genesis 37:14Genesis 41:16Exodus 18:7Judges 18:15I Samuel 17:22I Samuel 25:5I Chronicles 18:10Genesis 42:11Genesis 42:13

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(28) And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
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Genesis 43:26Genesis 37:7Genesis 37:9Genesis 37:10Exodus 18:7II Samuel 1:2II Samuel 14:4I Kings 1:16II Chronicles 24:17

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(29) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
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(30) And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
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(31) And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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Genesis 45:1Isaiah 42:14Jeremiah 31:16I Peter 3:10

(32) And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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Genesis 43:16Genesis 31:54Genesis 46:34Exodus 8:26

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(33) And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
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(34) And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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