Genesis 43:13
And 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.
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Gen 42:38 : 38 And 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.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 43:14-152 verses83%
14So 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.
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.
- 82%
12And take your brother and go back to the man:
- Gen 43:2-87 verses77%
2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
3If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
4But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.
5And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
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.
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.
- Gen 42:33-342 verses76%
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.
- 76%
23But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.
- Gen 44:25-262 verses75%
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.
- Gen 42:19-202 verses75%
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 45:12-132 verses74%
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.
- Gen 27:43-453 verses74%
43So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;
44And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
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?
- 74%
29Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.
- Gen 44:33-342 verses73%
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?
- 73%
17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;
- 72%
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.
- 72%
23And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.
- 72%
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.
- 71%
2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
- Gen 42:36-383 verses71%
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.
- 71%
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;
- 71%
14And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- 71%
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.
- 71%
4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
- 71%
25Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.