Genesis 43 (NET)

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Genesis 43:1¹Now the famine was severe in the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 12:10 Acts 7:11-13 Eccl 9:1-2 Gen 18:13 Gen 41:54-57 Gen 42:5 Lam 5:10

Genesis 43:2²When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:8 1 Tim 6:6-8 Gen 42:1-2 Gen 43:20 Gen 43:4 Prov 15:16 Prov 16:18 Prov 31:16

Genesis 43:3³But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 44:23 Gen 43:5 2 Sam 14:24 2 Sam 14:28 2 Sam 14:32 2 Sam 3:13 Acts 20:25 Acts 20:38 Acts 7:34 Gen 42:15-20

Genesis 43:4⁴If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:5⁵But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 20:12 Gen 42:38 Gen 44:26

Genesis 43:6⁶Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:7⁷They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 43:3 Gen 42:13 Gen 43:27

Genesis 43:8⁸Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die—we and you and our little ones.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:2 Deut 33:6 2 Kgs 7:13 2 Kgs 7:4 Exod 20:12 Ezra 8:21 Gen 42:38 Gen 44:26 Gen 45:19 Gen 50:21

Genesis 43:9⁹I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:37 Gen 44:32-33 Heb 7:22 Phlm 1:18-19 1 Kgs 1:21 Ezek 3:18 Ezek 3:20 Ezek 33:6 Ezek 33:8 Gen 31:39

Genesis 43:10¹⁰But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 19:16

Genesis 43:11¹¹Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:25 Jer 8:22 1 Sam 9:7 Ezek 27:17 Prov 18:16 1 Kgs 10:15 1 Kgs 10:25 1 Kgs 15:19 1 Kgs 4:21 1 Sam 25:27

Genesis 43:12¹²Take 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:25 Gen 42:35 1 Thess 4:6 1 Thess 5:21 2 Cor 8:21 Heb 13:8 Phil 4:8 Rom 12:17 Rom 13:8

Genesis 43:13¹³Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:38

Genesis 43:14¹⁴May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Esth 4:16 Gen 17:1 Acts 21:14 Gen 22:14 Neh 1:11 Prov 16:7 Acts 7:10 Gen 35:11 Gen 39:21 Isa 49:13

Genesis 43:15¹⁵So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:16¹⁶When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 44:1 Gen 43:19 1 Sam 25:11 Gen 15:2 Gen 21:8 Gen 24:2-10 Gen 26:30 Gen 31:54 Gen 39:4-5 Gen 44:4

Genesis 43:17¹⁷The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:18¹⁸But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:35 Deut 22:14 Deut 22:17 Gen 42:21 Gen 42:28 Isa 7:2 Job 15:21 Job 30:14 Judg 13:22 Judg 14:4

Genesis 43:19¹⁹So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:20²⁰They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:3 Gen 42:10 Gen 42:27 Gen 42:35 Gen 43:3 Gen 43:7

Genesis 43:21²¹But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money—the full amount —in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 43:12 1 Pet 2:12 1 Pet 3:16 Gen 42:27-35 Gen 43:15 Heb 13:18 Heb 13:5 Rom 12:17 Rom 13:8

Genesis 43:22²²We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:23²³“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:24 John 20:26 John 14:27 Gen 42:28 John 20:19 John 20:21 Luke 10:5 Luke 24:36 1 Chr 12:18 1 Sam 25:6

Genesis 43:24²⁴The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:4 Gen 24:32 Gen 19:2 Luke 7:44 John 13:4-17

Genesis 43:25²⁵They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 43:11 Gen 43:16

Genesis 43:26²⁶When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 2:10-11 Gen 27:29 Gen 37:19-20 Gen 42:6 Gen 37:7-10 Ps 72:9 Rom 14:11 Gen 43:28

Genesis 43:27²⁷He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:13 1 Chr 18:10 1 Sam 17:22 1 Sam 25:5 Exod 18:7 Gen 37:14 Gen 41:16 Gen 42:11 Judg 18:15 Gen 43:7

Genesis 43:28²⁸“Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:7 Gen 43:26 1 Kgs 1:16 2 Chr 24:17 2 Sam 1:2 2 Sam 14:4 Exod 18:7 Gen 37:9-10

Genesis 43:29²⁹When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:13 Num 6:25 Gen 30:22-24 1 Tim 1:2 2 Chr 29:11 Gen 35:17-18 Gen 42:11 Gen 45:8 Heb 13:1 Isa 30:19

Genesis 43:30³⁰Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:24 Jer 31:20 1 Kgs 3:26 Gen 45:14-15 Gen 45:2 Hos 11:8 John 11:33-38 Phil 1:8 Phil 2:1 1 John 3:17

Genesis 43:31³¹Then he washed his face and came out. With composure he said, “Set out the food.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 45:1 1 Pet 3:10 Isa 42:14 Jer 31:16

Genesis 43:32³²They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 8:26 Gen 46:34 Gen 31:54 Gen 43:16

Genesis 43:33³³They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Genesis 43:34³⁴He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 45:22 1 Sam 1:5 2 Sam 11:8 1 Sam 9:22-24 Eccl 10:19 Eccl 9:7 Hab 1:6 John 2:10 Matt 11:19 Prov 31:6