Genesis 43:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

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  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • Ps 100:5 : 5 For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.
  • Ps 119:41 : 41 <VAU> Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
  • Acts 21:14 : 14 And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
  • 2 John 1:3 : 3 May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
  • Isa 49:13 : 13 Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
  • Ps 37:5-7 : 5 Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it. 6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun. 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
  • Ps 85:7 : 7 Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
  • Gen 32:11-28 : 11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child. 12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered. 13 Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau, 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep, 15 Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses. 16 These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another. 17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds? 18 Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us. 19 And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him; 20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes. 21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people. 22 And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had. 24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn. 25 But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged. 26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing. 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;
  • Gen 39:21 : 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.
  • Gen 42:24 : 24 And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

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    29Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

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    13And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

  • Gen 43:15
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    15And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

    37And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

    38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

  • Gen 44:32-34
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    32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

    34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

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    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • Gen 44:22-23
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    22And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

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    33And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

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    17You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

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    12Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

    13Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

    14Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.

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    4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

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    9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • Gen 44:20
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    20And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

  • Gen 43:6-9
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    6And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?

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    8Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    9Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

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    23And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

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    3If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

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    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

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    20And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

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    45Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

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    21Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.