Bible Verses About Commerce

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;

and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels with corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag,

and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What is this God hath done to us!'

And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,

we are twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one is to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye are right men--one of your brethren leave with me, and for the famine of your houses take ye and go,

and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye are not spies, but ye are right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I am Jehovah.'

And Hiram sendeth in the navy his servants, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon,

and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring it in unto king Solomon.

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold--silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;

for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

Those going down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,

They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep.

And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows,

They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.