Genesis 43:11

New International Reader's Version

Then their father Israel spoke to them. He said, “If that’s the way it has to be, then do what I tell you. Put some of the best things from our land in your bags. Take them down to the man as a gift. Take some lotion and a little honey. Take some spices and myrrh. Take some pistachio nuts and almonds.

Cross References

Genesis 33:10

“No, please!” said Jacob. “If I’ve pleased you, accept this gift from me. Seeing your face is like seeing the face of God. You have welcomed me so kindly.

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat their meal. As they did, they saw some Ishmaelite traders coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, lotion and myrrh. They were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

Genesis 43:10

As it is, we’ve already waited too long. We could have made the trip to Egypt and back twice by now.”

Genesis 43:14

May the Mighty God cause him to show you mercy. May the man let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. And if I lose my sons, I lose them.”

Genesis 43:15

So the men took the gifts. They took twice the amount of money. They also took Benjamin. They hurried down to Egypt and went to Joseph.

Genesis 43:25

The brothers prepared their gifts for Joseph. He was planning to arrive at noon. They had heard that they were going to eat there.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought into the house. They bowed down low in front of him.

1 Kings 10:15

That didn’t include the money brought in by business and trade. It also didn’t include the money from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories.

1 Kings 10:25

Year after year, everyone who came to him brought a gift. They brought gifts made out of silver and gold. They brought robes, weapons and spices. They also brought horses and mules.

1 Kings 15:19

“Let’s make a peace treaty between us,” Asa said. “My father and your father had made a peace treaty between them. Now I’m sending you a gift of silver and gold. So break your treaty with Baasha, the king of Israel. Then he’ll go back home.”

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines. He ruled as far as the border of Egypt. All those countries brought the gifts he required them to bring him. And Solomon ruled over those countries for his whole life.

2 Kings 16:8

Ahaz took the silver and gold that were in the Lord’s temple. He also took the silver and gold that were among the treasures in the royal palace. He sent all of it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 20:12

At that time Marduk-Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah letters and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. Marduk-Baladan was the son of Baladan.

2 Kings 8:8

Then the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you. Go and see the man of God. Ask him for the Lord’s advice. Ask him whether I will get well again.”

Esther 4:16

“Go. Gather together all the Jews who are in Susa. And fast for my benefit. Don’t eat or drink anything for three days. Don’t do it night or day. I and my attendants will fast just as you do. Then I’ll go to the king. I’ll do it even though it’s against the law. And if I have to die, I’ll die.”

Psalm 68:29

Do it from your temple at Jerusalem, where kings will bring you gifts.

Psalm 72:10

May the kings of Tarshish and of places far away bring him gifts. May the kings of Sheba and Seba give him presents.

Psalm 76:11

Make promises to the Lord your God and keep them. Let all the neighboring nations bring gifts to the God who should be respected.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to save them from the Egyptians. I will bring them up out of that land. I will bring them into a good land. It has a lot of room. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey. The Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites live there.

Proverbs 17:18

A person who has no sense agrees to pay what other people owe. It isn’t wise to promise to pay other people’s bills.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens the door and helps the giver meet important people.

Proverbs 19:6

Many try to win the favor of rulers. And everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift calms down anger. A hidden favor softens great anger.

Song of Solomon 4:10

My bride, your love is so delightful. My sister, your love makes me happier than wine does. Your perfume smells better than any spice.

Song of Solomon 4:14

with nard and saffron, cane and cinnamon. You are like every kind of incense tree. You have myrrh, aloes and all the finest spices.

Song of Solomon 8:14

“Come away with me, my love. Be like an antelope or like a young deer on mountains that are full of spices.”

Jeremiah 8:22

Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?

Ezekiel 27:15

“ ‘ “Men from Rhodes did business with you. Many lands along the coast bought goods from you. They paid you with ivory tusks and ebony wood.

Ezekiel 27:17

“ ‘ “Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded wheat from Minnith, sweets, honey, olive oil and lotion for your products.

Ezekiel 27:22

“ ‘ “Traders from Sheba and Raamah did business with you. They traded the finest spices, jewels and gold for your goods.

Leviticus 20:24

But I said to you, “You will take over their land as your own. I will give it to you. It will belong to you. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God. I have set you apart from the other nations.

Acts 21:14

We couldn’t change his mind. So we gave up. We said, “May what the Lord wants to happen be done.”

Deuteronomy 33:14

May he bless it with the best crops the sun can produce. May he bless it with the finest crops the moon can give.

1 Samuel 25:27

I’ve brought a gift for you. Give it to the men who follow you.

1 Samuel 9:7

Saul said to his servant, “If we go to see the man, what can we give him? There isn’t any food in our sacks. We don’t have a gift for the man of God. So what can we give him?”