Genesis 43:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and kill meate, and make ready: for the men shal eate with me at noone.

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  • Gen 44:1 : 1 Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth.
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, & communed with him at the doore of ye house.
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?
  • 1 Sam 25:11 : 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?
  • Prov 9:2 : 2 She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
  • Gen 21:8 : 8 Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Izhak was weaned.
  • Gen 24:2-9 : 2 Therefore Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruant of his house, which had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hand vnder my thigh, 3 And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel. 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, & take a wife vnto my sone Izhak. 5 And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest? 6 To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thither againe. 7 The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne fro thence. 8 Neuertheles if the woman wil not followe thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe. 9 Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter. 10 So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.
  • Gen 26:30 : 30 Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 Then Iaakob did offer a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread; they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.
  • Gen 39:4-5 : 4 So Ioseph founde fauour in his sight, and serued him: and he made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. 5 And from that time that he had made him ruler ouer his house and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephs sake: and the blessing of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house, and in the fielde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 43:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17And the man did as Ioseph bad, & brought the men vnto Iosephs house.

    18Nowe when the men were brought into Iosephs house, they were afrayd, & sayd, Because of the money, that came in our sackes mouthes at the first time, are we brought, that hee may picke a quarrell against vs, and lay some thing to our charge, and bring vs in bondage and our asses.

    19Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, & communed with him at the doore of ye house.

  • Gen 43:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.

    15Thus the men tooke this present, & tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.

  • Gen 43:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24So the man led them into Iosephs house, & gaue them water to wash their feete, and gaue their asses prouender.

    25And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there)

    26When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.

  • Gen 43:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth; the men marueiled among themselues.

    34And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth.

    2And put my cup, I meane the siluer cup, in the sackes mouth of the yongest, and his corne money; he did according to the commandement that Ioseph gaue him.

  • Gen 43:31
    73%

    31Afterward he washed his face, & came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate.

  • Gen 47:12
    73%

    12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

  • Gen 45:17
    72%

    17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 44:15
    72%

    15Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

  • Gen 44:21
    71%

    21Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him.

  • Gen 26:30
    71%

    30Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.

  • Gen 45:12
    71%

    12And behold, your eyes doe see, and the eyes of my brother Beniamin, that my mouth speaketh to you.

  • Gen 43:29
    71%

    29And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sone.

  • Gen 42:4
    71%

    4But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him.

  • Gen 46:31
    71%

    31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

  • Gen 44:4
    71%

    4And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?

  • Gen 43:2
    71%

    2And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.