Genesis 45:23

Contemporary English Version 1995

To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt, and ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.

Cross References

Exodus 16:3

“We wish the Lord had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve.”

Genesis 43:11

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.

Genesis 24:10

Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.

Genesis 45:22

Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers, but to Benjamin he gave five new outfits and 300 pieces of silver.

Genesis 45:24

Then he sent his brothers off and told them, “Don't argue on the way home!”