Verse 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!”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:35 : 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.
  • Deut 22:14 : 14 accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”
  • Deut 22:17 : 17 Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying,‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife,“We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”
  • Judg 14:4 : 4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the LORD’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines(for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
  • Job 15:21 : 21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.
  • Job 30:14 : 14 They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.
  • Ps 53:5 : 5 They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.
  • Ps 73:16 : 16 When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.
  • Isa 7:2 : 2 It was reported to the family of David,“Syria has allied with Ephraim.” They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
  • Matt 14:26-27 : 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said,“It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
  • Mark 6:16 : 16 But when Herod heard this, he said,“John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”
  • Rom 7:8 : 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  • Gen 42:21 : 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!”
  • Gen 42:28 : 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?”