Genesis 42:30
The 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.
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- Gen 42:7 : 7 And 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.
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- Gen 42:31-344 verses84%
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.
- Gen 42:28-292 verses80%
28And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?
29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,
- Gen 42:9-146 verses79%
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.
14And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;
- Gen 43:6-72 verses75%
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?
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 44:7-82 verses74%
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:
8See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?
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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.
- Gen 44:24-263 verses73%
24And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.
25And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
26And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.
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24And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.
- Gen 31:14-152 verses72%
14Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?
15Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.
- Gen 43:17-182 verses72%
17Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.
18So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,
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20And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;
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4Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.
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21And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
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18And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;
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15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:
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22Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.
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32And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.
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3If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
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25And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.
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16But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.