Genesis 46:8-25 and Matthew 27:45-56 NIV

Genesis 46:8-25
Jacob Goes to Egypt

8    These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:

Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.

9    The sons of Reuben:  Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.

10  The sons of Simeon:  Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11  The sons of Levi:  Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

12  The sons of Judah:  Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan).  The sons of Perez:  Hezron and Hamul.

13  The sons of Issachar:  Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

14  The sons of Zebulun:  Sered, Elon and Jahleel.

15  These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.

16  The sons of Gad:  Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

17  The sons of Asher:  Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.  Their sister was Serah.  The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel.

18  These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah —sixteen in all.

19  The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel:  Joseph and Benjamin. 

20  In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

21  The sons of Benjamin:  Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

22  These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob—fourteen in all.

23  The son of Dan:  Hushim.

24  The sons of Naphtali:  Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.

25  These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel —seven in all.

Matthew 27:45-56
Death of Jesus

45  From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
46  About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
47  When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
48  Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
49  The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50  And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
51  At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 
52  and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
53  They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54  When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
55  Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 
56  Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. 

Genesis 46:1-7 and Matthew 27:32-44 (NIV)

Genesis 46:1-7
Jacob Goes to Egypt

1    So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2    And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!”  “Here I am,” he replied.
3    “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 
4    I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes. ”
5    Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.
6    So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.
7    Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring. 

Matthew 27:32-44
The Crucifixion

32  As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 
33  They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 
34  There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
35  When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 
36  And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.
37  Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
38  Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
39  Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 
40  and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 
41  In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.
42  “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43  He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
44  In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

Genesis 45:15-28 and Matthew 27:27-31 (NIV)

Genesis 45:15-28
Joseph Makes Himself Known

15  And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.
16  When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased. 
17  Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,  18  and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’
19  “You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come.
20  Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’”
21  So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. 
22  To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes. 
23  And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. 
24  Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”
25  So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. 
26  They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. 
27  But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
28  And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” 

Matthew 27:27-31
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
27  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.
28  They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 
29  and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. 
30  They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 
31  After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. 

Genesis 45:1-14 and Matthew 27:11-26 (NIV)

Genesis 45:1-14
Joseph Makes Himself Known

1    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 

2    And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

3    Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
4    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 
5    And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 
6    For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
7    But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8    “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. 
9    Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. 
10  You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. 
11  I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’
12  “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.  13  Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly. ”
14  Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.

Matthew 27:11-26
Jesus Before Pilate

11  Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”  “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
12  When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 
13  Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” 
14  But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
15  Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.
16  At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas.
17  So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” 
18  For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19  While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
20  But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
21  “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.  “Barabbas,” they answered.
22  “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.  They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23  “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.  But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
24  When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
25  All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
26  Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

Genesis 44:16-34 and Matthew 27:1-10 (NIV)

Genesis 44:16-34
Silver Cup in a Sack

16  “What can we say to my lord? ” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves —we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup. ”
17  But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”
18  Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19  My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’ 
20  And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21  “Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’ 
22  And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’ 
23  But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’ 
24  When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
25  “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’ 
26  But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
27  “Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. 
28  One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. 
29  If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’
30  “So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life, 
31  sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.
32  Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’
33  “Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
34  How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.” 

Matthew 27:1-10
Judas Hangs Himself

1    Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 

2    So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

3    When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
4    “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”  “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5    So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6    The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
7    So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
8    That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
9    Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:  “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,
10  and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”

Genesis 44:1-15 and Matthew 26:69-75 NIV

Genesis 44:1-15
A Silver Cup in a Sack

1    Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. 

2    Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.

3    As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys. 
4    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil? 
5    Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.’”
6    When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them.
7    But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that! 
8    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9    If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves. ”
10  “Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.”
11  Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12  Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 
13  At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.
14  Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him. 
15  Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination? ”

Matthew 26:69-75
Peter Disowns Jesus

69  Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70  But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71  Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72  He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73  After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”
74  Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed.
75  Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Genesis 43:19-34 and Matthew 26:57-68 (NIV)

Genesis 43:19-34
The Second Journey to Egypt

19  So they went up to Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20  “We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food. 
21  But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us. 
22  We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in our sacks.”
23  “It’s all right,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24  The steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys.
25  They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
26  When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground. 
27  He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”
28  They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
29  As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
30  Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.
31  After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”
32  They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians. 
33  The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.
34  When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

Matthew 26:57-68
Before the Sanhedrin

57  Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.
58  But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
59  The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
60  But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward.  Finally two came forward
61  and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
62  Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?”
63  But Jesus remained silent.  The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64  “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65  Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
66  What do you think?”  “He is worthy of death,” they answered.
67  Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him ⁶⁸ and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?” 

Genesis 43:1-18 and Matthew 26:47-56 NIV

Genesis 43:1-18
The Second Journey to Egypt

1    Now the famine was still severe in the land.  

2    So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

3    But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ 
4    If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. 
5    But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you. ’”
6    Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
7    They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”
8    Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die. 
9    I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. 
10  As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.”
11  Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift —a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
12  Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
13  Take your brother also and go back to the man at once. 
14  And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
15  So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
16  When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”
17  The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph’s house. 
18  Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys. ”

Matthew 26:47-56
Jesus Arrested

47  While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
48  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.”
49  Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
50  Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.”  Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
51  With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
52  “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.  53  Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 
54  But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”
55  In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. 
56  But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

Genesis 42:22-38 and Matthew 26:36-46 (NIV)

Genesis 42:22-38
Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt

22  Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.” 
23  They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.
24  He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.
25  Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man’s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them,
26  they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
27  At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack. 
28  “My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.”  Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29  When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said,
30  “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. 
31  But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. 
32  We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’
33  “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go. 
34  But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land. ’”
35  As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened. 
36  Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me! ”
37  Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.”
38  But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow. ”

Matthew 26:36-46
Gethsemane

36  Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 
37  He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38  Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
39  Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
40  Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter.
41  “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42  He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
43  When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.
44  So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
45  Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. 
46  Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

Genesis 42:1-21 and Matthew 26:31-35 (NIV)

Genesis 42:1-21
Joseph Brothers Go to Egypt

1    When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” 

2    He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

3    Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. 

4    But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him. 

5    So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

6    Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. 
7    As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”
8    Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. 
9    Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
10  “No, my lord, ” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food. 
11  We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies. ”
12  “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
13  But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
14  Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies! 
15  And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. 
16 Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"  
17  And he put them all in custody for three days.
18  On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God: 
19  If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households. 
20  But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.
21  They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”

Matthew 26:31-35
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

31  Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:  “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

32  But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

33  Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
34  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
35  But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.