Genesis 43:14

Jacob prays that God Almighty grant them mercy and return both Simeon and Benjamin, resigning himself to loss if it comes. His faith and grief mingle in this surrender.

Cross-references · 26

• Esth 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
• Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
• Acts 21:14When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
• Neh 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
• Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
• Gen 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
• Ps 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
• Prov 1:1These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
• Ps 37:5–7Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
• Isa 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
• Gen 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
• Gen 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
• Ps 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
• 2 Jn 1:3Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
• 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
• 1 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Gen 42:24And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
• Gen 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
• Gen 32:11–28Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
• Gen 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
• Prov 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
• Ps 85:7Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

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