Genesis 43:16

God's Word

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man in charge of his house, “Take these men to my house. Butcher an animal, and prepare a meal, because they are going to eat with me at noon.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:2

Abram asked, “Almighty Lord, what will you give me? Since I’m going to die without children, Eliezer of Damascus will inherit my household.

Genesis 21:8

The child grew and was weaned. On the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a big feast.

Genesis 26:30

Isaac prepared a special dinner for them, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 31:54

and offered a sacrifice on the mountain. He invited his relatives to eat the meal with him. They ate with him and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 43:17

So the man did as Joseph said and took them to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So they came to the man in charge of Joseph’s house and spoke to him at the door.

Genesis 44:1

Joseph commanded the man in charge of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry. Put each man’s money in his sack.

Genesis 44:4

They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to the man in charge of his house, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you paid me back with evil when I was good to you?

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has set her table.

1 Samuel 25:11

Should I take my bread, my water, and my meat that I butchered for my shearers and give them to men coming from who knows where?”