Genesis 43:11

New Living Translation

So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can’t be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Cross References

Genesis 33:10

But Jacob insisted, “No, if I have found favor with you, please accept this gift from me. And what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like seeing the face of God!

Genesis 37:25

Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.

Genesis 43:10

If we hadn’t wasted all this time, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”

Genesis 43:15

So the men packed Jacob’s gifts and double the money and headed off with Benjamin. They finally arrived in Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

Genesis 43:25

They were told they would be eating there, so they prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.

1 Kings 10:15

This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.

1 Kings 10:25

Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

1 Kings 15:19

“Let there be a treaty between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered peoples of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime.

2 Kings 16:8

Then Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple of the Lord and the palace treasury and sent it as a payment to the Assyrian king.

2 Kings 20:12

Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.

2 Kings 8:8

the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the Lord, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

Esther 4:16

“Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”

Psalm 68:29

The kings of the earth are bringing tribute to your Temple in Jerusalem.

Psalm 72:10

The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God, and keep them. Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

Proverbs 17:18

It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for a friend.

Proverbs 18:16

Giving a gift can open doors; it gives access to important people!

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift calms anger; a bribe under the table pacifies fury.

Song of Solomon 4:10

Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.

Song of Solomon 4:14

nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, and every other lovely spice.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?

Ezekiel 27:15

Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs, honey, olive oil, and balm.

Ezekiel 27:22

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.

Leviticus 20:24

But I have promised you, ‘You will possess their land because I will give it to you as your possession—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from all other people.

Acts 21:14

When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

Deuteronomy 33:14

with the rich fruit that grows in the sun, and the rich harvest produced each month;

1 Samuel 25:27

And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.

1 Samuel 9:7

“But we don’t have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don’t have a thing to give him.”