Genesis 45

Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family

1 Then Joseph could not p control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, q "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

4 So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, r whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, s for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are t yet five years in which there will be neither u plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and v ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10 w You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 x There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.' 12 And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is y my mouth that speaks to you. 13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and z bring my father down here." 14 Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him.

16 When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, "Joseph's brothers have come," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and a I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.' 19 And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, 'Do this: take b wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Have no concern for 1 your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"

21 The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them b wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To each and all of them he gave c a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels 2 of silver and d five changes of clothes. 23 To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, e "Do not quarrel on the way."

25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. 27 But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw f the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 43:31
    Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, "Serve the food.
    Esther 5:10
    Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 7:13
    And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 37:28
    Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 50:20
    As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
    Psalms 105:16 - 17
    When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 41:30
    But after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 34:21
    Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
    Deuteronomy 21:4
    And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
    1 Samuel 8:12
    And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
    Isaiah 30:24
    And the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 45:26
    And they told him, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.
    Genesis 41:43
    And he made him ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, "Bow the knee!" Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 46:34
    You shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers...
    Genesis 47:1
    So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, "My father ...
    Genesis 47:4
    They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn ...
    Genesis 47:6
    The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your fa...
    Genesis 47:27
    Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in th...
    Genesis 50:8
    As well as all the household of Joseph, his bro...
    Exodus 8:22
    But on that day I will set apart the land of Go...
    Genesis 47:11
    Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers...
    Joshua 10:41
    And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as fa...
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 47:12
    And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
    Genesis 50:21
    So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 42:23
    They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
  11. Cross References
    Acts 7:14
    And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 47:6
    The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 46:5
    Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 45:19
    And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, 'Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 5:5
    And the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
    2 Kings 5:22 - 23
    And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 43:34
    Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 42:22
    And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 45:19
    And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, 'Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
    Genesis 45:21
    The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.
    Genesis 46:5
    Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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