Genesis 45:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
  • Gen 43:11 : 11 And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
  • Exod 16:3 : 3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

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  • Gen 42:25-27
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    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.

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

    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.

  • Gen 45:21-22
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    21And the children of Israel did as he said; and Joseph gave them carts as had been ordered by Pharaoh, and food for their journey.

    22To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

  • Gen 43:23-24
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    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.

  • Gen 44:1-3
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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.

  • Gen 45:24-25
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    24And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 32:15-16
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    15Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.

    16These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.

  • 17So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

  • Gen 45:17-19
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    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

    19And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

  • 25Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

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

  • 13Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.

  • 45And thirty thousand, five hundred asses,

  • 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.

  • 2When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:11-12
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    11And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

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

  • 6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • 12Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

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

  • 13So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

  • 20And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.