Genesis 43:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 42:37 : 37 And 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.
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For 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. 33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account. 19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.
  • Gen 9:5 : 5 And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
  • Gen 31:39 : 39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
  • 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
  • Ezek 33:6 : 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
  • Ezek 33:8 : 8 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.
  • Luke 11:50 : 50 So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:29-34
    6 verses
    88%

    29 If 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.

    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

    31 When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    32 For 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.

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

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

  • Gen 43:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 Then 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.

    8 Put 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 42:37-38
    2 verses
    76%

    37 And 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.

    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.

  • Gen 43:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

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

    4 But 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.

    5 And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

  • Gen 43:10
    74%

    10 Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:

  • Gen 43:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12 And take your brother and go back to the man:

    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.

    14 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.

    15 And 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 44:17
    74%

    17 Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

  • Gen 44:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

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

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

  • Job 17:3
    72%

    3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

  • Gen 46:4
    72%

    4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

  • Gen 44:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.

    10 And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible.

  • Gen 50:5
    71%

    5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

  • Gen 24:41
    71%

    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Gen 28:15
    71%

    15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 And 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;

    34 And 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 27:45
    70%

    45 Till 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?

  • Gen 42:20
    70%

    20 And 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 45:13
    70%

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

  • Josh 2:19
    70%

    19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

  • Gen 42:22
    70%

    22 And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

  • Gen 24:8
    70%

    8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    70%

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

  • Gen 31:39
    70%

    39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

  • Prov 6:1
    70%

    1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

  • Josh 2:13
    70%

    13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

  • Gen 27:12
    69%

    12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.