Genesis 43:16

World English Bible (2000)

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon."

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  • Gen 44:1 : 1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack's mouth.
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?
  • 1 Sam 25:11 : 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"
  • Prov 9:2 : 2 She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
  • Gen 21:8 : 8 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
  • Gen 24:2-9 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. 3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. 4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?" 6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again. 7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again." 9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. 10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
  • Gen 26:30 : 30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
  • Gen 39:4-5 : 4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 43:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

    18 The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."

    19 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

  • Gen 43:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

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

  • Gen 43:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

    25 They prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

    26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

  • Gen 43:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.

    34 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack's mouth.

    2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

  • Gen 43:31
    73%

    31 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal."

  • Gen 47:12
    73%

    12 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 45:17
    72%

    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 44:15
    72%

    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

  • Gen 44:21
    71%

    21 You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

  • Gen 26:30
    71%

    30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

  • Gen 45:12
    71%

    12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

  • Gen 43:29
    71%

    29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."

  • Gen 42:4
    71%

    4 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."

  • Gen 46:31
    71%

    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 44:4
    71%

    4 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?

  • Gen 43:2
    71%

    2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."