Genesis 40:15

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For I was forcibly taken from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in this pit.

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  • Gen 39:20 : 20 So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there.
  • Gen 41:12 : 12 'And there with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each of us the meaning of his dream.'
  • Exod 21:16 : 16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, whether he sells him or the victim is still in his possession, shall surely be put to death.
  • Deut 24:7 : 7 If someone is caught kidnapping one of their fellow Israelites and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • Ps 59:3-4 : 3 Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood. 4 See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, LORD.
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 Then Daniel spoke to the king, 'O king, may you live forever!
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
  • Acts 24:12-21 : 12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city. 13 Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me. 14 But I admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in the Law and written in the Prophets. 15 I have the same hope in God as they do, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. 16 In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people. 17 After several years, I came to bring gifts to my nation and offerings. 18 While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without a crowd or any disturbance. 19 But there are some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you to bring charges if they have anything against me. 20 Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin. 21 Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'
  • Acts 25:10-11 : 10 Paul said, 'I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself clearly know.' 11 If I am guilty and have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 the sexually immoral, those who practice homosexuality, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
  • 1 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.
  • Gen 37:26-28 : 26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed. 28 When the Midianite merchants passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
  • Gen 39:8-9 : 8 But Joseph refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. 9 "No one in this house is greater than I am. He has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" 10 Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to lie with her or even be with her. 11 One day, Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants was inside. 12 She caught him by his garment and said, "Sleep with me!" But Joseph left his garment in her hand, ran away, and went outside.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 40:14
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    14But when it goes well with you, please remember me and show me kindness. Mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this prison.

  • Gen 41:9-10
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    78%

    9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, 'Today, I remember my offenses.'

    10'Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.'

  • Gen 40:1-5
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    1After these events, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.

    2Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

    3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he attended to them. After some time, they were kept in custody.

    5Both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

  • Gen 39:20-23
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    77%

    20So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

    22The warden put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners, and he was responsible for whatever happened there.

    23The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him and gave him success in whatever he did.

  • Gen 40:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, 'I also had a dream. There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

    17In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.'

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

  • Gen 41:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13And just as he interpreted our dreams for us, so it came to be: I was restored to my position, and the other was hanged.

    14Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

    15Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.'

  • Gen 45:8
    73%

    8So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.

  • Gen 40:22-23
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    22But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

    23However, the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

  • Gen 40:11
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    11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.'

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

  • Gen 45:5
    72%

    5Now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

  • Gen 39:1
    72%

    1Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

  • Gen 44:17
    72%

    17But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."

  • Gen 37:6
    71%

    6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.

  • Gen 39:6
    71%

    6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he paid no attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

  • Gen 37:24
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    24Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

  • Jer 37:18
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    18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, your officials, or this people, to justify putting me in prison?