Genesis 43:34

Webster's Bible (1833)

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.

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  • Gen 45:22 : 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
  • 2 Sam 11:8 : 8 David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of food] from the king.
  • Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes the life glad; And money is the answer for all things.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
  • Hab 1:6 : 6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
  • John 2:10 : 10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 9:22-24 : 22 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons. 23 Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you. 24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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

    32They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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

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

  • Gen 43:14-17
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    14May 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."

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

    16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."

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

  • Gen 45:22-23
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    22To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

    23To his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

  • Gen 44:11-12
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    11Then they hurried, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

    12He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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    54They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

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    7They gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

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    6So they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.

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

    2Put 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 45:14-15
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    14He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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  • Gen 43:24-25
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    24The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

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

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    1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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

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    8He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

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    21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.

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    39They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.