Genesis 43:34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Messes

2 Samuel 11:8

Was five times

Genesis 45:22

1 Samuel 1:5

1 Samuel 9:22

Were merry

John 2:10

General references

Proverbs 23:1

Bible References

Messes

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.

Was five times

To each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.

but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men.

Were merry

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him

whose life is bitter.

Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To

seize dwelling places which are not theirs.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

General references

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,