Genesis 43:18

New English Translation

But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

They said to one other, “Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

Genesis 42:27

When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 42:28

He said to his brothers, “My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling one to another and said, “What in the world has God done to us?”

Genesis 42:35

When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

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 44:8

Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Job 15:21

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

Job 30:14

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

Psalm 53:5

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

Psalm 73:16

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

Isaiah 7:2

It was reported to the family of David, “Syria has allied with Ephraim.” They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Daniel 6:4

Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Deuteronomy 22:14

accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

Deuteronomy 22:17

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.

Judges 13:22

Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”

Judges 14:4

Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).