Genesis 43:11

New International Version

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.

Cross References

Genesis 33:10

“No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.

Genesis 37:25

As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

Genesis 43:10

As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.”

Genesis 43:14

And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

Genesis 43:15

So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

Genesis 43:25

They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

1 Kings 10:15

not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

1 Kings 10:25

Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

1 Kings 15:19

“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

2 Kings 16:8

And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 20:12

At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness.

2 Kings 8:8

he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’ ”

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”

Psalm 68:29

Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.

Psalm 72:10

May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring tribute to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba present him gifts.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

Proverbs 17:18

One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

Proverbs 19:6

Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!

Song of Solomon 4:14

nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?

Ezekiel 27:15

“ ‘The men of Rhodes traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:17

“ ‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections, honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.

Ezekiel 27:22

“ ‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.

Leviticus 20:24

But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

Acts 21:14

When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

Deuteronomy 33:14

with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield;

1 Samuel 25:27

And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

1 Samuel 9:7

Saul said to his servant, “If we go, what can we give the man? The food in our sacks is gone. We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”