Genesis 43:18

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Summary

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

The men

Seek occasion against us

Bible References

The men

And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.

When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost, and they cried out from fear.

But Herod, when he heard, said, This is John whom I beheaded. He was raised from the dead.

Seek occasion against us

and charges her with shameful things, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I did not find in her the tokens of virginity,

But his father and his mother knew not that it was of LORD, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

As through a wide breach they come. In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].

But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.