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Genesis 45 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out, "Make everyone go out from my presence!" No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:2 - He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh's household heard about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me," so they came near. Then he said, "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:7 - God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Now go up to my father quickly and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me - you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor - you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you."'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh, "Joseph's brothers have arrived." It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - You are also commanded to say, 'Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father's journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, "As you travel don't be overcome with fear."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - They told him, "Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob's spirit revived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Israel said, "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die."
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Genesis Chapter 45 — Additional Translations:

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