1 Kings 11:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gave him a house and some land and supplied him with food.

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  • Num 10:12 : 12 So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the desert of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.
  • Deut 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Covenant Setting This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.
  • Hab 3:3 : 3 God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.
  • Num 22:4 : 4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian,“Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.
  • Num 25:6 : 6 Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  • Num 25:14 : 14 Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed– the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman– was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan of the Simeonites.
  • Num 25:18 : 18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”
  • Gen 14:6 : 6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 25:2 : 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  • Gen 25:4 : 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 17Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

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    19Pharaoh liked Hadad so well he gave him his sister-in-law(Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife.

    20Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.

    21While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh,“Give me permission to leave so I can return to my homeland.”

    22Pharaoh said to him,“What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” Hadad replied,“Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.”

  • 21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:10-11
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    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

    11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

  • 36Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

  • 19They said,“An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”

  • Gen 12:15-16
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    15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,

    16and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

  • 20Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.

  • 3(Now the LORD granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

  • 36The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.

  • Gen 47:1-6
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    1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

    2He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh.

    3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”

    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

  • 11So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

  • 1The Advice of Jethro Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

  • Exod 2:15-16
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    15When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.

    16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

  • 11Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.

  • 23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

  • 8When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD. The LORD sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • 17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • 21So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

  • 1Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

  • 18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.

  • 25When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

  • 17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • 3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

  • 15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • 5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

  • 16When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.

  • 32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

  • 8Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel’s sake, and all the hardship that had come on them along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

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