Genesis 46:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • Gen 45:16-20 : 16 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. 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. 19 And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back. 20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
  • Gen 47:1-3 : 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.
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
  • Heb 2:11 : 11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

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  • Gen 47:1-2
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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.

  • Gen 45:16-18
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    85%

    16 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.

    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 45:8-10
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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:

    10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

  • Gen 45:25
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    25 So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    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 50:5-8
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    5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

    6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

    7 So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

    8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:13
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    13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 46:28-30
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    28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

    29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

    30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • Gen 50:24
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    24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

  • Gen 50:14
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    14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

  • Gen 48:21
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    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:28
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    28 And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

  • Gen 46:4
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    4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

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

  • 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 42:7
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    7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

  • Gen 45:1
    77%

    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.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

  • Gen 42:29
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    29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

  • Gen 37:12-13
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    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

    13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

  • Gen 37:17
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    17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

  • Gen 48:1
    76%

    1 Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 42:3
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    3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.