Genesis 42:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And they sayde one to another: This haue we deserued against oure brother, in that we sawe the anguysh of his soule, whan he besought vs, and we wolde not heare him: therfore cometh now this trouble vpon vs.

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  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I wil go, and returne to my place, till they waxe faynt, and seke me.
  • Gen 37:23-28 : 23 Whan Ioseph now came to his brethre, they stryped him out of his cote, that partye coloured cote which he had vpon him, 24 & toke him and cast him in to a pytt. But the same pytt was emptye, and no water in it, 25 & they sat them downe to eate. In the meane season they lift vp their eyes, and sawe a copany of Ismaelites comynge from Gilead, with their camels, which bare spyces, balme, and myrre, and were goinge downe into Egipte. 26 Then saide Iuda vnto his brethre: what helpeth it vs, that we sleye oure brother, and hyde his bloude? 27 Come, let vs sell him vnto the Ismaelites, that oure handes be not defyled vpon him, for he is oure brother, oure flesh and bloude. And they herkened vnto him. 28 And as the Madianites marchaunt men wente by, they drew Ioseph out of the pytt, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites (for twetye syluer pens) which brought him in to Egipte.
  • Job 36:8-9 : 8 But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouerte: 9 then sheweth he them their workes ad dedes and the synnes wherwt they haue vsed cruell violence.
  • Prov 1:27-28 : 27 euen whe ye thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, and yor misery like a tempest: yee wha trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. 28 Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me:
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Who so stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, he shal crie himself and not be herde.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Delyuer the yt go vnto death, & are led awaie to be slaine, & be not necliget therin. 12 Yf thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thynkest thou yt he which made ye hertes, doth not cosidre it? & yt he which regardeth yi soule, seith it not? Shal not he recopence euery man acordinge to his workes?
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 He that by violece sheddeth eny mans bloude, shal be a rennagate vnto his graue, and no man shal be able to sucor him.
  • Jer 2:17 : 17 Cometh not this vnto the, because thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God, euer sence he led the by the waye?
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine owne wickednesse shal reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou mayest knowe and vnderstonde, how euel and hurtful a thinge it is, yt thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God, and not feared him, saieth the LORDE God of hoostes.
  • Jer 4:18 : 18 Thy wayes and thy thoughtes, haue brought the vnto this, this is thyne owne wickednesse and disobediece, that hath possessed thyne hert:
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 And therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Ye haue not obeyed me, euery man to proclame fredome vnto his brother and neghbor: wherfore, I will call you vnto a fredome, saieth the LORDE: euen vnto the swearde, to the pestilence, and to honger, and will make you to be plaged in all the kyngdomes of the earth.
  • Gen 41:9 : 9 Then spake the chefe butlar vnto Pharao, and saide: This daye do I remembre my fawte.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if ye will not do so, beholde, ye shal offende agaynst the LORDE, and be sure, that youre synne shal fynde you out.
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 Then sayde Adoni Besek: Thre score and ten kynges wt the thombes of their hades & fete cut of, gathered vp the meate yt was lefte vnder my table. Now as I haue done, so hath God rewarded me agayne. And he was broughte vnto Ierusale, where he dyed.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 Then sayde Dauid vnto Nathan I haue synned vnto the LORDE. Nathan sayde vnto Dauid: So hath the LORDE also taken awaye thy synne, thou shalt not dye.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she sayde vnto Elias: What haue I to do with the, thou man of God? Art thou come in vnto me, yt my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce, & that my sonne shulde be slayne?
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 Soch a respecte hath he vnto me. Therfore let a man cofesse, (& saye:) I offended, but he hath chastened & refourmed me: I dyd vnrightuously, neuerthelesse he hath not recopensed me therafter. 28 Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 For so moch then as I haue begonne to talke of God, I wil not hyndre the. 32 Yf I haue gone amysse, enfourme me: yf I haue done wronge, I wil leaue of.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne.
  • Matt 27:3-4 : 3 When Iudas which betrayed him, sawe this that he was condemned vnto death, it repented him, and brought agayne the thirtie syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders, 4 and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto.
  • Mark 9:43-45 : 43 Yf thy hade offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the to entre in to life lame, the hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre, 44 where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. 45 Yf thy fote offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the to entre into life crepell, the hauynge two fete to be cast in to hell in the fyre euerlastynge,
  • Mark 9:48 : 48 where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out.
  • Luke 16:28 : 28 for I haue yet fyue brethren, that he maye warne them, lest they also come in to this place of torment.
  • Acts 19:18 : 18 Many of the also that beleued, came and cofessed, and shewed their workes.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes, & to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes.

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  • Gen 42:22-24
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    22Ruben answered them, and saide: Tolde not I you ye same, whan I sayde: O synne not agaynst ye lad, but ye wolde not heare. Now is his bloude requyred.

    23But they knew not that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto the by an interpreter.

    24And he turned him from them, and wepte. Now whan he had turned him to them agayne, and talked wt them, he toke Symon from amonge them & bounde him before their eyes,

  • Gen 42:19-20
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    19Yf ye be vnfayned, let one of youre brethren lye bounde in youre preson: but go ye youre waye, and cary home the necessary foode,

    20& brynge me youre yongest brother, so wyll I beleue youre wordes, that ye shall not dye. And so they dyd.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6Israel sayde: Wherfore haue ye done this euell vnto me, to tell ye man, that ye had yet a brother?

    7They answered: The man enquered so strately of vs and of oure kynrede, & sayde: Is youre father yet a lyue? Haue ye yet a brother? Then tolde we him, as he axed vs. How coulde we knowe, that he wolde saye: brynge youre brother downe wt you?

  • Gen 37:26-27
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    26Then saide Iuda vnto his brethre: what helpeth it vs, that we sleye oure brother, and hyde his bloude?

    27Come, let vs sell him vnto the Ismaelites, that oure handes be not defyled vpon him, for he is oure brother, oure flesh and bloude. And they herkened vnto him.

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph: O forgeue thy brethren the offence and their synne, that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God. But Ioseph wepte, whan they spake so vnto him.

    18And his brethren wente, and fell downe before him, and sayde: Beholde, here are we thy seruauntes.

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28and sayde vnto his brethren: My money is restored me agayne: lo, it is in my sack. Then their hertes fayled them, and they were afrayed amonge them selues, and sayde: Wherfore hath God done this vnto vs?

    29Now whan they came home to Iacob their father in the lade of Canaan, they tolde him all that had happened vnto them, & sayde:

  • Gen 50:15
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    15But Iosephs brethre were afrayed, wha their father was deed, and sayde: Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs, and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him,

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    12He sayde vnto the: No, but ye are come to se where the lande is open.

    13They answered him: We thy seruauntes are twolue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lade of Canaan, and the yongest is with oure father: as for one, he is awaye.

    14Ioseph sayde vnto them: This is it that I sayde vnto you: spyes are ye.

  • Gen 42:31-36
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    31And whan we answered: we are vnfayned, & were neuer spyes,

    32but are twolue brethren the sonnes of oure father: one is awaye, and the yongest is yet this daye wt oure father in the lande of Canaan,

    33He sayde: Hereby wyl I marke, that ye are vnfayned: Leaue one of youre brethren with me, & take foode necessary for youre houses, & go youre waye,

    34and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me: so shal I knowe that ye are no spyes, but vnfayned: the shal I delyuer you youre brother also, and ye maye occupie in the lande.

    35And whan they opened their sackes, euery man founde his boundell of money in his sacke. And wha they and their father sawe, that it was the bundels of their money, they were afrayed.

    36Then sayde Iacob their father: Ye haue robbed me of my children. Ioseph is awaye, Simeon is awaye, and ye will take Ben Iamin awaye: It goeth all ouer me.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4But he sayde: Come nye vnto me. And they came nye. And he sayde: I am Ioseph youre brother. whom ye solde in to Egipte.

  • Gen 44:26
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    26But we sayde: We can not go downe, excepte oure yongest brother be with vs, then wyll we go downe: for we darre not loke the man in the face, yf oure yongest brother be not with vs.

  • Gen 43:3
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    3The Iuda answered him, and sayde: The man sware vnto vs, and sayde: ye shal not se my face, excepte youre brother be with you.

  • Gen 44:7-8
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    7They answered him: Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes? God forbyd, that thy seruauntes shulde do eny soch thinge?

    8Beholde, the money that we foude in oure sackes mouthes, that brought we vnto the agayne, out of the lande of Canaan: how shulde we then haue stollen either syluer or golde out of thy lordes house?

  • Gen 37:20
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    20come on, and let vs sley him, & cast him in a pytt, and saye: a wicked beast hath deuoured him: the shal it be sene, what his dreames are.

  • Gen 44:22-23
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    22But we answered my lorde: The lad can not come from his father, yf he shulde come from him, he were but a deed man.

    23Then saydest thou vnto thy seruauntes: Yf youre yongest brother come not hither with you, ye shall se my face nomore.

  • Gen 44:32
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    32For I thy seruaunt became suertye for the lad vnto my father, and sayde: yf I brynge him not agayne, I will beare the blame all my lyfe longe.

  • Gen 44:16
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    16Iuda sayde: What shall we saye vnto my lorde? or how shal we speake? and what excuse shal we make? God hath founde out ye wickednesse of thy seruauntes. Beholde, we and he, by whom the cuppe is founde, are my lordes seruauntes.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto.

  • Gen 43:22
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    22& haue brought other money with vs also, to bye foode: but we can not tell, who put oure money in oure sackes.