Genesis 43:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;

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  • Gen 43:20-26
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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;

    21As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.

    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.

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

    24And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.

    25And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

    26And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?

  • Gen 43:15-18
    4 verses
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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.

    16And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.

    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,

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

  • Gen 44:1-4
    4 verses
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    1Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;

    2And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

    3And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.

    4And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

  • 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 44:14-15
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    14So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

    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 44:7-8
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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:

    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?

  • 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.

  • 14And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

  • 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.

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

  • 11Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • 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;

  • Gen 37:17-19
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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;

    19Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

  • 24And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.

  • 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.

  • 1Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

  • 27Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

  • 17So he put them in prison for three days.

  • 16And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

  • 5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

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

  • 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;

  • Gen 40:6-7
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    6And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

    7And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

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