Objects

silver

Silver is listed among Abram's wealth and, in Genesis 47, Joseph accumulates all the money of Egypt and Canaan for Pharaoh in exchange for food during the famine.

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Objects

First mention

Genesis 13:2

Tags

2

Genesis 13, 20, 23-24, 33, 37, 43-45, 47Wealth

Scripture references

  • Genesis 13:2

    Abram was very rich in livestock, silver and gold.

  • Genesis 20:16

    I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver...

  • Genesis 23:16

    Abraham weighed out for Ephron ... four hundred shekels of silver.

  • Genesis 24:53

    He brought out silver and gold ornaments and clothes which he gave to Rebekah...

  • Genesis 33:19

    and for one hundred pieces of silver he bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.

  • Genesis 37:28

    They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt.

  • Genesis 43:12

    Take double the amount of money with you and return the money put back in the mouths of your sacks; it may have been a mistake.

  • Genesis 43:21

    and when we reached camp and opened our sacks, there was each man's money in the mouth of his sack, to the full. But we have brought it back with us,

  • Genesis 44:1

    Then Joseph instructed his chamberlain as follows: 'Fill these men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.

  • Genesis 44:8

    Look, we brought you back the money we found in the mouths of our sacks, all the way from Canaan. Are we likely to have stolen silver or gold from your master's house?

  • Genesis 45:22

    To each and every one he gave new clothes, and to Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

  • Genesis 47:14

    Joseph accumulated all the money to be found in Egypt and Canaan, in exchange for the supplies being handed out, and put the money in Pharaoh's palace.

  • Genesis 47:15

    When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was exhausted, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, pleading, 'Give us food, unless you want us to die before your eyes! For our money has come to an end.'