1 Kings 11:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Pharaoh 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.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 18:22-23 : 22 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab,“Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said,“Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.” 23 But he said,“Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab said to him,“Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.
  • Ps 37:8 : 8 Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
  • Mark 14:31 : 31 But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.
  • Luke 22:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them,“When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler’s bag, or sandals, you didn’t lack anything, did you?” They replied,“Nothing.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 11:17-21
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    86%

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

    18They 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.

    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.”

  • Exod 8:28
    70%

    28Pharaoh said,“I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me.”

  • Gen 24:56
    70%

    56But he said to them,“Don’t detain me– the LORD has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master.”

  • Exod 4:23
    70%

    23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

  • Exod 14:5
    69%

    5When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”

  • Gen 12:20
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 20:29
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    29He said,‘Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

  • Gen 45:17
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 29:7-8
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    69%

    7So turn and leave in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!”

    8But David said to Achish,“What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

  • Exod 12:31-32
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    69%

    31Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said,“Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the LORD as you have requested!

    32Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”

  • Exod 11:1
    69%

    1The Tenth Blow: Death The LORD said to Moses,“I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.

  • Exod 10:24
    69%

    24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said,“Go, serve the LORD– only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you.”

  • Num 10:30
    68%

    30But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

  • Judg 11:17
    68%

    17Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,“Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

  • Exod 4:18
    68%

    18The Return of Moses So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him,“Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses,“Go in peace.”

  • 2 Sam 15:19-20
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    19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.

    20It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”

  • Exod 9:17
    68%

    17You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.

  • Exod 10:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

    28Pharaoh said to him,“Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”

  • Exod 5:2
    68%

    2But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”

  • Exod 11:8
    68%

    8All these your servants will come down to me and bow down to me, saying,‘Go, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

  • Gen 50:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

    6So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

  • Exod 10:11
    68%

    11No! Go, you men only, and serve the LORD, for that is what you want.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.

  • Gen 12:18
    67%

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

  • 2 Sam 13:26
    67%

    26Then Absalom said,“If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“Why should he go with you?”

  • Exod 13:17
    67%

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    67%

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    67%

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    67%

    11“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”

  • Num 20:18
    67%

    18But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”

  • Exod 10:8
    67%

    8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them,“Go, serve the LORD your God. Exactly who is going with you?”

  • Gen 44:33
    67%

    33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

  • Exod 5:4
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    4The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”

  • Exod 7:23
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    23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.

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    67%

    18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

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    30Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”

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    66%

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