Genesis 42:36

Jacob's [Israel's] Sons Report To Him

³⁵ And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear. ³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me. ³⁷ And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

My Children

Benjamin

Jacob

Joseph

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Simeon

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

Genesis 37:20-35

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Genesis 45:28

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

Job 7:7

O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

Psalm 34:19

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

Isaiah 27:9

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

Isaiah 41:10

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

Isaiah 41:13-14

For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.

Matthew 14:31

And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

Romans 8:28

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

Romans 8:31

What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

1 Corinthians 10:13

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

James 5:7-11

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.