Genesis 43:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The brothers were afraid when they were taken to Joseph’s house and said, “We have been brought here because of the money that was put back in our sacks the last time. They will use this as proof against us and steal our donkeys and make us slaves.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:35

Then the brothers started taking the grain out of their sacks, and every brother found his bag of money in his sack of grain. When the brothers and their father saw the money, they were afraid.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and make me want all kinds of things that weren’t mine. So sin came to me because of the command. But without the law, sin has no power.

Mark 6:16

Herod heard these things about Jesus. He said, “I killed John by cutting off his head. Now he has been raised from death!”

Isaiah 7:2

The family of David received a message that said, “The armies of Aram and Ephraim have joined together in one camp.” When King Ahaz heard this message, he and the people became frightened. They shook with fear like trees of the forest blowing in the wind.

Psalm 73:16

I tried hard to understand all this, but it was too hard for me.

Psalm 53:5

They will be filled with fear— a fear like they have never felt before! People of Israel, you will defeat those who attacked you, because God has rejected them. And he will scatter their bones.

Job 30:14

They break a hole in the wall and come rushing through it, and the crashing rocks fall on me.

Job 15:21

Every noise scares him. His enemy will attack him when he thinks he is safe.

Judges 14:4

(Samson’s parents did not know that the Lord wanted this to happen. He was looking for a way to do something against the Philistines. They were ruling over the Israelites at that time.)

Judges 13:22

Manoah said to his wife, “We have seen God. Surely we will die because of this.”

Deuteronomy 22:17

This man accused my daughter of doing wrong and said, “I did not find the proof that your daughter is a virgin.” But here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.’ Then they should show the cloth to the town leaders.

Deuteronomy 22:14

He might accuse her of doing wrong and say, ‘I married this woman, but when we had sexual relations, I found she was not a virgin.’ By saying this against her, people might think bad things about her.

Genesis 42:28

He said to the other brothers, “Look! Here is the money I paid for the grain. Someone put the money back in my sack.” The brothers were very afraid. They said to one another, “What is God doing to us?”

Genesis 42:21

They said to each other, “We are being punished for the bad thing we did to our younger brother Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in. He begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. So now we are in trouble.”

Genesis 43:17

The servant did as he was told. He brought the men into Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So the brothers went to the servant in charge of Joseph’s house.

Daniel 6:4

But when the other supervisors and the satraps heard about this, they were very jealous. They tried to find reasons to accuse Daniel. So they watched what Daniel did as he went about doing the business of the government. But they could not find anything wrong with him, so they could not accuse him of doing anything wrong. Daniel was a man people could trust. He did not cheat the king, and he worked very hard.

Genesis 42:27

That night the brothers stopped at a place to spend the night. One of the brothers opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. And there in the sack, he saw his money!

Genesis 44:8

We brought back the money that we found in our sacks before. So surely we wouldn’t steal silver or gold from your master’s house.