Genesis 40:15 Cross References

Genesis 40:15

15: For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in jail, but I did nothing to deserve it."

He took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king's prisoners were held.

"Kidnappers must be killed, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.

One of the men who escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was camped at the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram's allies.

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty."

Judah said to the others, "What can we gain by killing our brother? That would just give us a guilty conscience.
Let's sell Joseph to those Ishmaelite traders. Let's not be responsible for his death; after all, he is our brother!" And his brothers agreed.
So when the traders came by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver, and the Ishmaelite traders took him along to Egypt.

We told the dreams to a young Hebrew man who was a servant of the captain of the guard. He told us what each of our dreams meant,

But Paul replied, "No! This is the official Roman court, so I ought to be tried right here. You know very well I am not guilty.
If I have done something worthy of death, I don't refuse to die. But if I am innocent, neither you nor anyone else has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!"

Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
Christ also suffered when he died for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners that he might bring us safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

But Joseph refused. "Look," he told her, "my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
No one here has more authority than I do! He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I ever do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God."
She kept putting pressure on him day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.
One day, however, no one else was around when he was doing his work inside the house.
She came and grabbed him by his shirt, demanding, "Sleep with me!" Joseph tore himself away, but as he did, his shirt came off. She was left holding it as he ran from the house.

"If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must cleanse the evil from among you.

I didn't argue with anyone in the Temple, nor did I incite a riot in any synagogue or on the streets of the city.
These men certainly cannot prove the things they accuse me of doing.
"But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a sect. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the books of prophecy.
I have hope in God, just as these men do, that he will raise both the righteous and the ungodly.
Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and everyone else.

They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, though I have done them no wrong, O LORD.
Despite my innocence, they prepare to kill me. Rise up and help me! Look on my plight!

Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many things to help the people. For which one of these good deeds are you killing me?"

These laws are for people who are sexually immoral, for homosexuals and slave traders, for liars and oath breakers, and for those who do anything else that contradicts the right teaching

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