Genesis 43:22

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We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks."

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  • Gen 43:17-21
    5 verses
    89%

    17The steward did as Joseph said and brought the men to Joseph's house.

    18But the men were afraid when they were taken to Joseph's house. They said, "We were brought here because of the silver that was returned to our sacks the first time. He plans to trap us, attack us, take us as slaves, and seize our donkeys."

    19So they approached Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance of the house.

    20They said, "Please, my lord, we came down here before to buy food.

    21But when we reached our lodging place and opened our sacks, there was each man's silver in the mouth of his sack, the exact weight. So we have brought it back with us.

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8"Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

  • Gen 43:23-24
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    83%

    23He said, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your silver." Then he brought Simeon out to them.

    24The steward brought the men into Joseph's house, gave them water, and they washed their feet. He also provided fodder for their donkeys.

  • Gen 43:12
    82%

    12Take double the silver with you, and also return the silver that was put back into your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

  • Gen 42:27-29
    3 verses
    81%

    27At the lodging place, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, and he saw his money there in the mouth of his sack.

    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 42:31-35
    5 verses
    81%

    31'But we said to him, "We are honest men, not spies.

    32"We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan."'

    33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

    34Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'

    35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 42:25
    77%

    25Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and departed.

  • Gen 43:7
    76%

    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Gen 43:15
    76%

    15So the men took the gifts, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 43:2-4
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    75%

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

    3But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

    4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

  • Gen 44:24-26
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    24When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

    26But we said, 'We cannot go down unless our youngest brother is with us. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

  • Gen 31:15-16
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    15Does he not regard us as foreigners? For he has sold us and has even spent what was paid for us.

    16Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do.'

  • Gen 47:14-15
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    74%

    14Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

    15When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

  • Gen 44:11
    74%

    11Each of the men quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

  • Gen 42:10
    74%

    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 47:18
    73%

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

  • Gen 42:21
    72%

    21They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

  • Gen 43:10
    72%

    10If we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.