Genesis 42:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ They said to one another: »Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw his distress when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.«

²³ When Joseph came to his brothers, they pulled off his fancy coat. ²⁴ They put him into a water pit. It had no water in it. ²⁵ As they sat down to eat, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying the materials for cosmetics, medicine, and embalming. They were on their way to take them to Egypt. ²⁶ Judah asked his brothers: »What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up his death? ²⁷ »Let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let us not hurt him, because he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.« His brothers agreed. ²⁸ Some of the Midianite traders approached. The brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites. They took him to Egypt.

⁹ The king’s chief cupbearer said: »Now I remember what I was supposed to do.

²³ »If you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against Jehovah. Do not doubt this, you will be punished for your sin.

⁷ And Adoni-bezek said: »Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.« So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.

¹³ David said to Nathan: »I have sinned against Jehovah.« Nathan replied: »Jehovah has taken away your sin. You will not die.

¹⁸ She said to Elijah: »What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?«

⁸ »But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, ⁹ he tells them what they have done, that they have sinned arrogantly.

²⁷ »He comes to men and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.’ ²⁸ »He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

³¹ »Job, have you confessed your sins to God and promised not to sin again? ³² »Have you asked God to show you your faults, and have you agreed to stop doing evil?

²⁷ »Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm. ²⁸ »You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.

¹³ Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

¹¹ If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death, ¹² You may say: »We did not know this,« but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you and knows. He will reward each man according to his deeds.

¹⁷ A violent and bloodthirsty man will run to the pit; let no man help him.

¹⁷ »You have done this to yourself by abandoning Jehovah your God when he led you on his way.

¹⁹ »Your own wickedness will correct you. Your apostasies (unfaithful ways) will punish you! You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you when you abandon Jehovah your God! You do not respect (reverence) me,« says the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁸ »You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart.«

¹⁷ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘You did not obey me. You have not freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

¹⁵ »I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek me. They will seek me earnestly in their affliction.«

² »As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will be measured to you.

³ Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority. ⁴ He said: »I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.«

⁴³ »If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better to enter into life maimed then, having two hands to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the Valley of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna) ⁴⁴ (spurious, but included in King James Version, »Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.«) ⁴⁵ »If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life with only one foot, rather than having two feet to be cast into the ever-burning fires of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction)

⁴⁸ (»For the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.« Questionable passage.)

²⁸ »Have him go warn my five brothers that they will not come to this place of torment.

¹⁸ Many of the believers confessed openly about the evil things they had done.

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.