Genesis 43:18

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Summary

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

The men

Seek occasion against us

Bible References

The men

Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

So Manoah said to his wife, “We will surely die, for we have seen God.”

“Sounds of terror are in his ears;

While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;
For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;
You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight

When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans

have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

Seek occasion against us

and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’

However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

“As through a wide breach they come,

Amid the tempest they roll on.

But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.