Quotes about Sacrifice
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
— Genesis 35:4
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
— Genesis 37:31
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
— Genesis 42:19
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
— Genesis 43:5
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
— Genesis 43:8
So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
— Genesis 43:15
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
— Genesis 44:22
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
— Genesis 44:23
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
— Genesis 44:30
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
— Genesis 44:33
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
— Genesis 44:34
“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
— Genesis 47:16