Genesis 45:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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  • Gen 16:6 : 6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.
  • Gen 20:15 : 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.
  • Gen 34:18 : 18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
  • Gen 41:33 : 33 Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 1:33 : 33 Who went in the way before you, to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.
  • 2 Sam 3:36 : 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
  • 2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
  • Esth 1:21 : 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
  • Acts 6:5 : 5 This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
  • Acts 7:13 : 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

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  • Gen 45:17-18
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    81%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

    18And take your father and your households and come to me; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 47:1-3
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    79%

    1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

    2And he took some of his brothers, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

    3And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 41:37
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    37The proposal was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    1Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Make every man go out from me. So no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

    2And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

    3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father still live? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

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

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    77%

    17So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

    18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

  • Gen 45:15
    76%

    15Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

  • Acts 7:13
    76%

    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

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

    9Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

  • Gen 39:4-5
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    75%

    4And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his care.

    5And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.

  • Gen 42:6
    75%

    6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Acts 7:10
    74%

    10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 43:17
    74%

    17And the man did as Joseph ordered; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

  • Gen 47:25
    74%

    25And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:12
    74%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 39:2
    73%

    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.