Chiasm
Genesis 45:16–24
Genesis 45:16–243 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 16 When the news reached Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
- B 17-18 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.'
- C 19 You are also directed to tell them: 'Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
- C' 21 So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
- B' 22-23 He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes. And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father's journey.
- B 17-18 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.'
- A' 24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way!"