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, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
• Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
• Acts 21:14When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
• Neh 1:11Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
• Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Gen 22:14Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
• Ps 119:41Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
• Prov 1:1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
• Ps 37:5–7Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
• Isa 49:13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
• Gen 35:11God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
• Gen 39:21But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
• Acts 7:10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
• Ps 100:5For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
• 2 Jn 1:3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
• Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
• Titus 1:4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
• 1 Tim 1:16However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
• 1 Tim 1:2to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Gen 42:24He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
• Gen 42:36Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
• Gen 32:11–28Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
• Gen 28:3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
• Prov 21:1The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
• Ps 85:7Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation.

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