Genesis 43:11

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Their father said: If Benjamin must go with you, take the governor a gift of some of the best things from our own country, such as perfume, honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt.

Jeremiah 8:22

If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and Israel gave you their finest wheat, fancy figs, honey, olive oil, and spices in exchange for your merchandise.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift will get you in to see anyone.

1 Samuel 9:7

Saul said, “How can we talk to the prophet when I don't have anything to give him? We don't even have any bread left in our sacks. What can we give him?”

Acts 21:14

Since we could not get Paul to change his mind, we gave up and prayed, “Lord, please make us willing to do what you want.”

Ezekiel 27:15

You also did business with people from Rhodes, and people from nations along the coast gave you ivory and ebony in exchange for your goods.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Hurry to me, my darling! Run faster than a deer to mountains of spices.

Song of Solomon 4:14

saffron, calamus, cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, and aloes —all the finest spices.

Song of Solomon 4:10

Your love is sweeter than wine; the smell of your perfume is more fragrant than spices.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret bribe will save you from someone's fierce anger.

Proverbs 19:6

Everyone tries to be friends of those who can help them.

Proverbs 17:18

It's stupid to guarantee someone else's loan.

Psalm 76:11

Everyone, make your promises to the Lord your God and do what you promise. The Lord is fearsome, and all his servants should bring him gifts.

Psalm 72:10

Force the rulers of Tarshish and of the islands to pay taxes to him. Make the kings of Sheba and of Seba bring gifts.

Psalm 68:29

Then kings will bring gifts to your temple in Jerusalem.

Esther 4:16

“Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die.”

2 Kings 20:12

Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah had been sick, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him.

2 Kings 16:8

Along with the message, Ahaz sent silver and gold from the Lord's temple and from the palace treasury as a gift for the Assyrian king.

2 Kings 8:8

he said to Hazael, “Go meet with Elisha the man of God and get him to ask the Lord if I will get well. And take along a gift for him.”

1 Kings 15:19

“Our fathers signed a peace treaty. Why don't we do the same thing? This silver and gold is a present for you. So, would you please break your treaty with Baasha and force him to leave my country?”

1 Kings 10:25

Year after year people came and brought gifts of silver and gold, as well as clothes, weapons, spices, horses, or mules.

1 Kings 10:15

The merchants and traders, as well as the kings of Arabia and rulers from Israel, also gave him gold.

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled every kingdom between the Euphrates River and the land of the Philistines down to Egypt. These kingdoms paid him taxes as long as he lived.

Deuteronomy 33:14

Month by month, your fruit will ripen in the sunshine.

Genesis 43:14

When you go in to see the governor, I pray that God All-Powerful will be good to you and that the governor will let your other brother and Benjamin come back home with you. But if I must lose my children, I suppose I must.

Genesis 33:10

“No!” Jacob said. “Please accept them as a sign of your friendship for me. When you welcomed me and I saw your face, it was like seeing the face of God.

Leviticus 20:24

I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people.

Genesis 43:10

If we had not wasted all this time, we could already have been there and back twice.”

Genesis 43:15

The brothers took the gifts, twice the amount of money, and Benjamin. Then they hurried off to Egypt. When they stood in front of Joseph,

Genesis 43:25

The brothers got their gifts ready to give to Joseph at noon, since they had heard they were going to eat there.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought, and they bowed down to him.

Ezekiel 27:22

Merchants from Sheba and Raamah gave you excellent spices, precious stones, and gold in exchange for your products.

Exodus 3:8

and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is a lot of good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.