100 Bible Verses About Foreigners

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;