Genesis 43:16

New English Translation

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “O sovereign Lord, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 21:8

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Genesis 26:30

So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 43:17

The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 44:1

He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 44:4

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

1 Samuel 25:11

Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”