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 he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

Was five times

He gave each of the brothers changes of clothes, but he gave Benjamin 300 pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.

But he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved her even though the Lord had kept her from conceiving.

Samuel took Saul and his attendant, brought them to the banquet hall, and gave them a place at the head of the 30 or so men who had been invited.

Were merry

Give beer to one who is dying
and wine to one whose life is bitter.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

A feast is prepared for laughter,
and wine makes life happy,
and money is the answer for everything.

M I have come to my garden—my sister, my bride.
I gather my myrrh with my spices.
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.

N Eat, friends!
Drink, be intoxicated with love!

Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter, impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.

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

and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

General references

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