Genesis 43:18

The Passion Translation

Now the brothers were very apprehensive as they were being led inside, and said to each other, “He brought us here because of the money that was put back in our sacks the first time we came to Egypt! He’s looking for an opportunity to arrest us, turn us into his slaves, and take away our donkeys!”

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

With Joseph standing there, they began to speak among themselves, saying, “Look what’s happened to us! We’re being punished for what we did to Joseph long ago. We heard his cries of anguish and saw the agony of his soul when he begged us for mercy, but we turned a deaf ear. That’s why all this trouble has come upon us!”

Genesis 42:27

Later, they camped for the night, and as one of them opened his sack of grain to feed his donkey, he discovered that his money was there right on top of the grain!

Genesis 42:28

He shouted to his brothers, “My money! Look, someone put my money back in my sack!” Troubled and trembling, they said to each other, “What in the world has God done to us?”

Genesis 42:35

As they each emptied their sacks of grain, each man found his money inside his sack! When they and their father saw their money returned to them, they were frightened.

Genesis 43:17

Joseph’s chief servant did as he was told and brought the men to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

So they approached the chief servant and spoke to him at the entrance of the house.

Genesis 44:8

Didn’t we return from Canaan with the money we found in our grain sacks? Why then would we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?

Psalm 53:5

Soon, unheard-of terror will seize them while in their sins. God himself will one day scatter the bones of those who rose up against you. Doomed and rejected, they will be put to shame, for God has despised them.

Psalm 73:16

When I tried to understand it all, I just couldn’t. It was too puzzling—too much of a riddle to me.

Isaiah 7:2

When the royal court was told that Syria had formed an alliance with the northern kingdom of Israel, the heart of King Ahaz and all his people trembled with fear, like trees swaying in the wind.

Daniel 6:4

For that reason, the chief officials and the governors were stirred to seek some pretext against Daniel regarding his governmental affairs. But because he was trustworthy, no one could find any error or fault in him nor could they uncover any negligence or misconduct.

Mark 6:16

When Herod heard what the people were saying, he concluded, “I beheaded John, and now he’s raised from the dead!”

Romans 7:8

It was through God’s commandment that sin was awakened in me and built its base of operation within me to stir up every kind of wrong desire. For in the absence of the law, sin hides dormant.

Judges 14:4

Now, his parents had no idea that Samson’s passion for the girl was part of Yahweh’s plan to create an opportunity to come against the Philistines who ruled over Israel at that time.