Genesis 42:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

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  • Gen 42:9-9 : 9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is. 10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food. 11 We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?
  • Job 19:11 : 11 His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.
  • Matt 15:21-28 : 21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. 23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us. 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord. 26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

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  • Gen 42:7-13
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    86%

    7And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

    8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

    9Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

    10And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

    11We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

    12And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

    13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

  • Gen 42:15-17
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    15But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

    16Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

    17So he put them in prison for three days.

  • Gen 42:29-35
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    81%

    29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

    30The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

    31And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

    32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

    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;

    34And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

    35And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

  • Gen 44:15
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    15And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

    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.

  • Gen 42:19-20
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    19If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

    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.

  • Gen 42:23
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    23They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

  • Gen 43:7
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    7Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

    32And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 44:23
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    23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

  • Gen 45:12
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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.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • Gen 37:17-18
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    17And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

    18But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

  • Gen 50:17-18
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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.

    18Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.