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Genesis 45
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Genesis 45 . 1
1 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me!" So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:1
Genesis 45 . 2
2 But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household soon heard of it.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:2
Genesis 45 . 3
3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:3
Genesis 45 . 4
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come near me." And they did so. "I am Joseph, your brother," he said, "the one you sold into Egypt!CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:4TTJoseph (The Suffering Savior) Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory)
Genesis 45 . 5
5 And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:5
Genesis 45 . 6
6 For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:6
Genesis 45 . 7
7 God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:7
Genesis 45 . 8
8 Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:8
Genesis 45 . 9
9 Now return quickly to my father and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.CGenesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:4-9TOSKGenesis 45:9
Genesis 45 . 10
10 You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:10
Genesis 45 . 11
11 And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.'CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:11
Genesis 45 . 12
12 Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:12
Genesis 45 . 13
13 Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly."CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:13
Genesis 45 . 14
14 Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:14
Genesis 45 . 15
15 Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.CGenesis 45:1-15TOSKGenesis 45:15
Genesis 45 . 16
16 When the news reached Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:16
Genesis 45 . 17
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:17
Genesis 45 . 18
18 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.'CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:18
Genesis 45 . 19
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.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:19
Genesis 45 . 20
20 But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:20
Genesis 45 . 21
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.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:21
Genesis 45 . 22
22 He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:22
Genesis 45 . 23
23 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.CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:23
Genesis 45 . 24
24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way!"CGenesis 45:16-24TOSKGenesis 45:24
Genesis 45 . 25
25 So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.CGenesis 45:25-28
Genesis 45 . 26
26 "Joseph is still alive," they said, "and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.CGenesis 45:25-28TOSKGenesis 45:26
Genesis 45 . 27
27 However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.CGenesis 45:25-28TOSKGenesis 45:27
Genesis 45 . 28
28 "Enough!" declared Israel. "My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die."CGenesis 45:25-28TOSKGenesis 45:28