# Genesis 43 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Genesis Overview]]. [[Genesis 42]]. [[Genesis 44]]. > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Second Journey to Egypt [[#Verse 01.]] Now the famine was severe in the land.  [[#Verse 02.]] When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.” [[#Verse 03.]] But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’  [[#Verse 04.]] If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.  [[#Verse 05.]] But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’” [[#Verse 06.]] Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?” [[#Verse 07.]] They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?” [[#Verse 08.]] Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die—we and you and our little ones.  [[#Verse 09.]] I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.  [[#Verse 10.]] But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!” [[#Verse 11.]] Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.  [[#Verse 12.]] Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks—perhaps it was an oversight.  [[#Verse 13.]] Take your brother too, and go right away to the man. [[#Verse 14.]] May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.” [[#Verse 15.]] So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.  [[#Verse 16.]] When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”  [[#Verse 17.]] The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house. [[#Verse 18.]] But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!” [[#Verse 19.]] So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.  [[#Verse 20.]] They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food. [[#Verse 21.]] But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money—the full amount—in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. [[#Verse 22.]] We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!” [[#Verse 23.]] “Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them. [[#Verse 24.]] The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys. [[#Verse 25.]] They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there. [[#Verse 26.]] When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.  [[#Verse 27.]] He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?” [[#Verse 28.]] “Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility. [[#Verse 29.]] When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.” [[#Verse 30.]] Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there. [[#Verse 31.]] Then he washed his face and came out. With composure he said, “Set out the food.”  [[#Verse 32.]] They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)  [[#Verse 33.]] They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.  [[#Verse 34.]] He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Verse 11-14. - Later, Solomon writes in Proverbs that gifts help cool tempers. (Paraphrase) It’s been long thought that bringing a gift can help cool hard conversations. This is not an act of manipulation, but an act of friendship. The goal is to show there are no enemies in the room. Just hard opinions. ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes