Genesis 44:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then 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;

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  • Gen 42:25 : 25 Then 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.
  • Gen 43:16 : 16 And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
  • Isa 3:1 : 1 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water;
  • Gen 43:2 : 2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
  • Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

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  • Gen 44:2-4
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    2 And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

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

    4 And 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?

  • Gen 42:25-28
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    25 Then 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.

    26 Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

    27 Now 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.

    28 And 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?

  • Gen 43:15-24
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    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.

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

    17 Now 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.

    18 So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,

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

    20 And 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;

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

    22 Then 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.

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

    24 And 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.

  • Gen 44:7-8
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    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

    8 See, 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?

  • Gen 44:11-12
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    11 Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

    12 And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.

  • Gen 42:33-35
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    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.

    35 And 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.

  • 14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

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

  • 12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

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

  • 16 And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

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

  • 23 And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.

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

  • 25 And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.

  • 15 And 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?

  • 18 And 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;

  • 6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.