Genesis 43:18

New Century Version

The brothers were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house and thought, “We were brought here because of the money that was put in our sacks on the first trip. He wants to attack us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

They said to each other, “We are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his trouble, and he begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. That is why we are in this trouble now.”

Genesis 42:27

When they stopped for the night, one of the brothers opened his sack to get food for his donkey. Then he saw his money in the top of the sack.

Genesis 42:28

He said to the other brothers, “The money I paid for the grain has been put back. Here it is in my sack!” The brothers were very frightened. They said to each other, “What has God done to us?”

Genesis 42:35

As the brothers emptied their sacks, each of them found his money in his sack. When they and their father saw it, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:17

The servant did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So the brothers went to the servant in charge of Joseph’s house and spoke to him at the door of the house.

Genesis 44:8

We brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So surely we would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house.

Job 15:21

Terrible sounds fill their ears, and when things seem to be going well, robbers attack them.

Job 30:14

They come at me as if through a hole in the wall, and they roll in among the ruins.

Psalm 53:5

The wicked are filled with terror where there had been nothing to fear. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will defeat them, because God has rejected them.

Psalm 73:16

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

Isaiah 7:2

Ahaz king of Judah received a message saying, “The armies of Aram and Israel have joined together.” When Ahaz heard this, he and the people were frightened. They shook with fear like trees of the forest blown by the wind.

Daniel 6:4

Because of this, the other supervisors and governors tried to find reasons to accuse Daniel about his work in the government. But they could not find anything wrong with him or any reason to accuse him, because he was trustworthy and not lazy or dishonest.

Mark 6:16

When Herod heard this, he said, “I killed John by cutting off his head. Now he has risen from the dead!”

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and cause me to want all kinds of things I should not want. But without the law, sin has no power.

Deuteronomy 22:14

he might talk badly about her and give her a bad name. He might say, “I married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her, I did not find that she was a virgin.”

Deuteronomy 22:17

This man has told lies about my daughter. He has said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin,’ but here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents are to show the sheet to the elders of the city,

Judges 13:22

Manoah said, “We have seen God, so we will surely die.”

Judges 14:4

(Samson’s parents did not know that the Lord wanted this to happen because he was looking for a way to challenge the Philistines, who were ruling over Israel at this time.)