Genesis 43:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:1 : 1 ¶ Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
  • Isa 42:14 : 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
  • Jer 31:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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    33And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

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    30And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.

  • Gen 43:24-25
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    24And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave [them] water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

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    1¶ And the famine [was] sore in the land.

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

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    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to [their] families.

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    15¶ And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

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    24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

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