And the famine was sore in the land.
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.
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.
man.
Genesis 42:15-20,33,34 Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not …
Genesis 44:23 And you said to your servants, Except your youngest brother come …
did solemnly protest. Heb. protesting, protested.
Acts 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in …
see my face.
Genesis 43:5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said …
2 Samuel 3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with you: but one thing I …
2 Samuel 14:24,28,32 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not …
Acts 20:25,38 And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching …
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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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.
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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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?
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.
lad with me.
Genesis 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is …
Genesis 44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, …
Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on …
that we.
Genesis 42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get …
Deuteronomy 33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
2 Kings 7:4,13 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the …
Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
also our.
Genesis 45:19 Now you are commanded, this do you; take you wagons out of the land …
Genesis 50:8,21 And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house: …
Numbers 14:31 But your little ones, which you said should be a prey, them will …
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might …
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:
will be.
Genesis 42:37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring …
Genesis 44:32,33 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, …
1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep …
Job 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with you; who is he that will strike …
Psalm 119:122 Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Philemon 1:18 If he has wronged you, or owes you ought, put that on my account;
Hebrews 7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
of my hand.
Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of …
Genesis 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not to you; I bore the loss …
Ezekiel 3:18,20 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him …
Ezekiel 33:6,8 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, …
Luke 11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation …
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
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:
If it must be.
Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send …
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and …
Acts 21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of …
carry down.
Genesis 32:13-21 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came …
Genesis 33:10 And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your …
Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and …
Deuteronomy 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the …
1 Samuel 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall …
1 Samuel 25:27 And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, …
1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land …
1 Kings 10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels …
1 Kings 15:19 There is a league between me and you, and between my father and your …
2 Kings 8:8 And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, …
2 Kings 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of …
2 Kings 20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, …
Psalm 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you.
Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the …
Psalm 76:11 Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that be round about him …
Proverbs 17:18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in …
Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend …
Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise …
a little balm.
Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and …
Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then …
Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise …
balm. For an explanation of the words {tzori, nechoth,} and {lot,} here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch.
Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and …
{Devash,} honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in
2 Chronicles 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel …
honey.
Leviticus 20:24 But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will …
spices.
1 Kings 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice …
Songs 4:10,14-16 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your …
Songs 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my …
Songs 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart …
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:
double.
Romans 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the …
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves …
2 Corinthians 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but …
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are …
1 Thessalonians 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because …
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
mouth.
Genesis 42:25,35 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore …
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
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.
And God.
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to …
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is …
Genesis 32:11-28 Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand …
Genesis 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him …
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and …
Psalm 37:5-7 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass…
Psalm 85:7 Show us your mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.
Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures …
Psalm 119:41 Let your mercies come also to me, O LORD, even your salvation, according …
Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
Isaiah 49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, …
Luke 1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor …
Acts 21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of …
1 Timothy 1:2,16 To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from …
Titus 1:4 To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, …
2 John 1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from …
If I be, etc. or, and I, as I have been.
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and …
Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; …
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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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.
the ruler.
Genesis 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed …
Genesis 15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, …
Genesis 24:2-10 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over …
Genesis 39:4,5 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made …
Genesis 44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's …
slay. Heb. kill a killing.
Genesis 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast …
Genesis 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers …
1 Samuel 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have …
{Tevoch taivach,} slay a slaying, or make a great slaughter: let preparations be made for a great feast or entertainment. See a similar form of speech in ch.
Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers …
1 Samuel 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have …
Proverbs 9:2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also …
dine with. Heb. eat.
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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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.
the men.
Genesis 42:21,28,35 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our …
Judges 13:22 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Job 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
Psalm 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered …
Psalm 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Isaiah 7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate …
Matthew 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, …
Matthew 14:27 But straightway Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer; it …
Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: …
seek occasion against us. Heb. Roll himself upon us.
Deuteronomy 22:14,17 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name …
Judges 14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that …
Job 30:14 They came on me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation …
Romans 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner …
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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And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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.
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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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.
Peace.
Judges 6:23 And the LORD said to him, Peace be to you; fear not: you shall not die.
Judges 19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with you; howsoever let all your wants …
1 Samuel 25:6 And thus shall you say to him that lives in prosperity, Peace be …
1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and …
Ezra 4:17 Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai …
Luke 10:5 And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Luke 24:36 And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the middle of them, …
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world …
John 20:19,21,26 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week…
I had your money. Heb. your money came to me. {Caspechem ba ailai}, your money comes to me: as I am the steward, the cash for the corn belongs to me. Ye have no occasion to be apprehensive of any evil; the whole transaction is between myself and you; receive therefore the money as a present from the God of your father, no matter whose hands he employs to convey it.
Simeon.
Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send …
Genesis 42:24,36 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to …
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.
Genesis 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and …
Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your …
Genesis 24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and …
Luke 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, See you this woman? …
John 13:4-17 He rises from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, …
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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.
bowed.
Genesis 43:28 And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he …
Genesis 27:29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your …
Genesis 37:7-10,19,20 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, see, my sheaf …
Genesis 42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold …
Psalm 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies …
Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, said the Lord, every knee shall bow …
Philippians 2:10,11 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, …
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
welfare. Heb. peace.
Genesis 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your …
Genesis 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give …
Exodus 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, …
Judges 18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man …
1 Samuel 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, …
1 Samuel 25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, …
1 Chronicles 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, …
Is your father well. Heb. Is there peace to your father?
the old.
Genesis 42:11,13 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies…
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
bowed.
Genesis 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was …
Genesis 37:7,9,10 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, see, my sheaf …
made obeisance.
Exodus 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, …
2 Samuel 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out …
2 Samuel 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face …
1 Kings 1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king …
2 Chronicles 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made …
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.
mother's son.
Genesis 30:22-24 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb…
Genesis 35:17,18 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife …
of whom.
Genesis 42:11,13 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies…
God.
Genesis 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me here, but God: and he has made …
Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the …
2 Chronicles 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD has chosen you to stand …
Psalm 133:1,2 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together …
Matthew 9:2,22 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on …
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers …
1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from …
Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
my son.
Numbers 6:25 The LORD make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you:
Psalm 111:4 He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious …
Psalm 112:4 To the upright there rises light in the darkness: he is gracious, …
Isaiah 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no …
Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be you their arm …
Malachi 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious to us: …
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.
his bowels.
1 Kings 3:26 Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for …
Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke …
Hosea 11:8 How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? …
Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels …
Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of …
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels …
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, …
wept there.
Genesis 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to …
John 11:33-38 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which …
Acts 20:19,31,37 Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, …
2 Timothy 1:4 Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I …
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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.
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.
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.
messes.
2 Samuel 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. …
was five times. Sir John Chardin observes, that in Persia, Arabia, and the Indies, there are some houses where they place several plates in large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or before two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the feasts that are made for themselves; and with great profusion, their part of each kind of provision being always double, treble, or a larger proportion of each kind of meat.
Genesis 45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin …
1 Samuel 1:5 But to Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but …
1 Samuel 9:22-24 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor…
were merry. Heb. drank largely.
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those …
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a …
Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers …
Songs 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my …
Habakkuk 1:6 For, see, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, …
Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man …
John 2:10 And said to him, Every man at the beginning does set forth good wine; …
