Genesis 45:13

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So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

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  • Acts 7:14 : 14 So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • John 17:24 : 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

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  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • 12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

  • 31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 44:19-25
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    19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

    20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

    22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

    23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

    24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

  • Gen 45:14-15
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    14Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

    15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 45:17-19
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

    19You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

  • 5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • 7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”

  • 5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

  • 20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

  • Gen 43:13-15
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    13Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

    14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

    15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • 34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

  • 29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • 1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

  • 25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  • 4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

  • 3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

  • 34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

  • 15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

  • 16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

  • Gen 42:37-38
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    37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • 29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

  • 29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said,“Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said,“May God be gracious to you, my son.”

  • 10When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”

  • 32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’