Genesis 43:22
We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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- Gen 43:17-215 verses89%
17 The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.
18 But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”
19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20 They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
21 But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money– the full amount– in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.
- Gen 44:7-82 verses84%
7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8 Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Gen 43:23-242 verses83%
23 “Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them.“Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24 The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.
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12 Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks– perhaps it was an oversight.
- Gen 42:27-293 verses81%
27 When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.
28 He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”
29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 42:31-355 verses81%
31 But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!
32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.
- Gen 44:1-22 verses79%
1 The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
2 Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.
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25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.
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7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
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15 So 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.
- Gen 43:2-43 verses75%
2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3 But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4 If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
- Gen 44:24-263 verses75%
24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 “Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26 But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
- Gen 31:15-162 verses74%
15 Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
16 Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”
- Gen 47:14-152 verses74%
14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.
15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”
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11 So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
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10 But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
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18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.
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21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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10 But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!”
- Gen 42:2-32 verses71%
2 He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.