Genesis 45:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, come neare to me I pray you. And they came neare. And he said, I am Ioseph your brother who ye solde into Egypt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:28 : 28 Then as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pit, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites for twentie peeces of syluer. And they brought Ioseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 50:18 : 18 Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde.
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:5
    85%

    5Nowe therefore be not greeued herewith, neither let it seeme a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye solde me hyther: for God did sende me before you to preserue lyfe.

  • Gen 45:3
    85%

    3And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren: I am Ioseph, doth my father yet lyue? And his brethren could not aunswere him, they were so abashed at his presence.

  • Gen 47:5
    82%

    5And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father & thy brethre are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 46:31
    81%

    31And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, and vnto his fathers house: I wyll go vp, and shewe Pharao, and tell him: my brethren, and my fathers house, whiche were in the lande of Chanaan, are come vnto me.

  • Gen 50:16-19
    4 verses
    81%

    16And they dyd sende a message vnto Ioseph, saying: Thy father dyd commaunde before he dyed, saying:

    17This wyse shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgeue I pray thee the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euyll. And nowe we praye thee forgeue the trespasse of the seruauntes of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept when they spake vnto hym.

    18Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.

    19To whom Ioseph sayde: Feare not, am I God?

  • Gen 42:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.

    7When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them, and made hym selfe straunge vnto them, & spake roughly vnto them, saying: Whence come ye? They aunswered, out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle.

    8And Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8So nowe, it was not ye that sent me hyther, but God whiche hath made me a father to Pharao, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the lande of Egypt.

    9Haste you, and go vp to my father, and tell him: thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt, come downe therfore vnto me, tary not.

    10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gosen and be a neyghbour vnto me, thou, & thy chyldren, and thy chyldrens children, thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    80%

    27Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

    28Then as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pit, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites for twentie peeces of syluer. And they brought Ioseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:1
    79%

    1Ioseph coulde no longer refrayne before all the that stoode by hym, wherefore he cryed: cause euery man to auoyde. And there remayned no man with him, whyle Ioseph vttered hym selfe vnto his brethren.

  • Gen 45:15-18
    4 verses
    79%

    15Moreouer he kissed al his brethren, and wept vpon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him.

    16And the fame thereof was hearde in Pharaos house, so that they sayde: Iosephes brethre are come. And it pleased Pharao well, and all his seruauntes.

    17And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: say vnto thy brethren, this do ye: lade your beastes, and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan:

    18Take your father, and your housesholdes, and come vnto me, and I wyll geue you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eate the fat of the lande.

  • Gen 47:1
    78%

    1Ioseph came therfore & tolde Pharao, and said: My father & my brethre, theyr sheepe, and theyr cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of ye lande of Chanaan: and beholde, they are in the lande of Gosen.

  • Gen 42:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.

    15Hereby ye shalbe proued: by the lyfe of Pharao, ye shall not go hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

  • Gen 44:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14And Iuda and his brethren came to Iosephes house (for he was yet there) and they fell before him on the ground.

    15And Ioseph sayde vnto them: what deede is this that ye haue done? Wote ye not that suche a man as I do consult with propheciers?

  • Gen 45:25
    76%

    25They departed therfore from Egypt, and came into the lande of Chanaan, vnto Iacob theyr father.

  • Gen 45:12-13
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    76%

    12And beholde your eyes do see, and the eyes also of my brother Beniamin, that mine own mouth speaketh vnto you.

    13Therfore tell my father of all my glorie in Egypt, and of all that you haue seene, and make hast, and bryng my father hyther.

  • Gen 42:3
    76%

    3So went Iosephes ten brethren downe to bye corne in Egypt.

  • Gen 42:29
    75%

    29And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying: