Genesis 45:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

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  • Gen 16:6 : 6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
  • Gen 20:15 : 15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.
  • Gen 34:18 : 18 And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.
  • Gen 41:33 : 33 And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 1:33 : 33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.
  • 2 Sam 3:36 : 36 And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.
  • 2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.
  • Esth 1:21 : 21 And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.
  • Acts 6:5 : 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
  • Acts 7:13 : 13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

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  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • Gen 47:1-3
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    1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

    2 And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

    3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 41:37
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    37 And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    1 Then Joseph, unable to keep back his feelings before those who were with him, gave orders for everyone to be sent away, and no one was present when he made clear to his brothers who he was.

    2 And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.

    3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

    18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

  • Gen 45:15
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    15 Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.

  • Acts 7:13
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    13 And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

  • Gen 45:8-9
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    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

  • Gen 39:4-5
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    4 And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

    5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

  • Acts 7:10
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    10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 43:17
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    17 Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

  • Gen 47:25
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    25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Gen 47:12
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    12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

  • Gen 39:2
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    2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.