Genesis 45:20

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Do not worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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  • Gen 20:15 : 15 And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'
  • Gen 45:18 : 18 Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.
  • Exod 22:7 : 7 If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must present himself before God to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
  • Deut 19:13 : 13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Josh 7:11 : 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, and they have put them with their own possessions.
  • 1 Sam 10:22 : 22 So they inquired further of the LORD, 'Has the man come here yet?' And the LORD said, 'He is hiding among the supplies.'
  • 1 Sam 25:13 : 13 David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
  • 1 Sam 30:24 : 24 Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who goes into battle shall be the same as the share of the one who stays with the supplies; they will share equally."
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.
  • Isa 1:19 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
  • Isa 13:18 : 18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.
  • Ezek 7:4 : 4 'I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and your detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'
  • Ezek 7:9 : 9 'I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you according to your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes you.'
  • Ezek 9:5 : 5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'
  • Ezek 12:3-4 : 3 Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings as if for exile and go into exile in their sight—by day, in their sight—so that they may see. Move from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4 Bring out your belongings as if for exile during the day, in their sight. Then, in the evening, leave in their sight, as if you were departing into exile.
  • Ezek 20:17 : 17 Yet my eye spared them from destruction, and I did not destroy them completely in the wilderness.
  • Matt 24:17 : 17 'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'
  • Luke 17:31 : 31 On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

    18Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.

    19You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

  • Gen 45:21
    78%

    21The sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded and provisions for their journey.

  • Gen 45:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

    11I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.

  • Gen 47:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

  • Gen 47:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s.

    21As for the people, he relocated them to the cities, from one end of Egypt's border to the other.

  • Gen 41:40-41
    2 verses
    74%

    40'You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to submit to your commands. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.'

    41Pharaoh also said to Joseph, 'See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 47:11
    74%

    11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

  • Gen 39:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5From the time he put Joseph in charge of his household and all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph. The LORD's blessing was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.

    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.

  • Exod 3:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21And I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you leave, you will not go empty-handed.

    22Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • Gen 50:8
    73%

    8Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household accompanied him. But they left their children, flocks, and cattle in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:43-44
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    73%

    43He had Joseph ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they called out before him, 'Bow down!' So he was put in charge of all the land of Egypt.

    44Pharaoh also said to Joseph, 'I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one will lift a hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 47:23-24
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    73%

    23Then Joseph said to the people, 'Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you to sow in the land.'

    24When the harvest comes, you must give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The remaining four parts will be yours as seed for the field, as food for yourselves, for those in your households, and for your children to eat.

  • Gen 50:21
    72%

    21'So do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.' And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

  • Gen 31:16
    72%

    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 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.

  • Exod 10:6
    72%

    6They will fill your houses, the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land until now." Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

  • Gen 41:34
    71%

    34Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in the land and collect a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

  • Gen 47:26
    71%

    26So Joseph established it as a law in Egypt to this day: A fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

  • Gen 41:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

    37This plan seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and all his officials.

  • Gen 47:1
    71%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 47:14
    71%

    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.