Genesis 43:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ And the men were afraid because they were brought into Yosĕph’s house. And they said, “It is because of the silver, which was put back into our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, to throw himself upon us and fall upon us, to take us as slaves, our donkeys too.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time we came, so that he may find occasion to accuse and assail us, take us for slaves, and seize our donkeys.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And 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 are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When they were brought to Joseph’s house, the men were frightened and said, “We’ve been brought here because of the silver put back in our sacks on our first trip so he can overpower us, capture us, make slaves of us, and take our donkeys.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And there, being terrified, they said one to another: "Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we have been brought in, so that he may unleash a false accusation against us, and by violence subjugate both us and our donkeys into servitude."

Genesis 43:18 Cross References

Genesis 42:21

And they said to each other, “Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his life when he pleaded with us, yet we did not listen, that is why this distress has come upon us.”

Genesis 42:27

And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his silver, for there it was in the mouth of his sack!

Genesis 42:28

And he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and there it is, in my sack!” And their hearts sank and they were afraid, saying to each other, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?”

Genesis 42:35

And it came to be as they emptied their sacks, that look, the bundle of each man’s silver was in his sack! And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:17

And the man did as Yosĕph said, and the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So they came near to the man over the house of Yosĕph, and spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 44:8

“See, we brought back to you from the land of Kena‛an the silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then should we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Job 15:21

A frightening sound is in his ears; in peace a destroyer comes to him.

Job 30:14

They come as through a wide breach; rushing on me under the ruins.

Psalm 53:5

There they are in great fear, Where no fear was, For Elohim shall scatter the bones Of him who encamps against you. You shall put them to shame, For Elohim has rejected them.

Psalm 73:16

Yet, when I tried to understand this, It was labour to my eyes –

Isaiah 7:2

And it was reported to the house of Dawiḏ, saying, “Aram has set up camp in Ephrayim.” And his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

Daniel 6:4

Then the governors and viceroys sought to find occasion against Dani’ĕl concerning the reign. But they were unable to find occasion or corruption, because he was steadfast, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

Mark 6:16

But when Herodes heard, he said, “This one is Yoḥanan whom I beheaded, he has been raised from the dead!”

Romans 7:8

But sin, having taken the occasion through the command, did work in me all sorts of covetousness. For apart from Torah sin is dead.

Deuteronomy 22:14

and shall make abusive charges against her and bring an evil name on her and say, ‘I took this woman, and when I came to her I did not find her a maiden,’

Deuteronomy 22:17

“And see, he has made abusive charges against her, saying, I did not find your daughter a maiden,” and yet these are the proofs of my daughter’s maidenhood.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

Judges 13:22

And Manowaḥ said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, because we have seen Elohim!”

Judges 14:4

However, his father and mother did not know that it was of יהוה, that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines were ruling over Yisra’ĕl.