Genesis 47:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:13 : 13 On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.
  • Col 1:28 : 28 We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

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  • Gen 47:1
    82%

    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.”

  • Gen 47:3-7
    5 verses
    81%

    3Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”

    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:16-18
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    16Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh,“Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

    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.’

  • Gen 46:31-32
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    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.

    32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

  • Gen 43:15
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    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.

  • Acts 7:13-14
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    13On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

    14So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

  • Gen 42:3
    74%

    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 45:4
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    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.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

  • Exod 1:5
    72%

    5All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

  • Gen 50:18
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    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 46:28
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    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

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

  • Gen 50:7-8
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    7So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him– the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

    8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

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

  • Gen 43:17
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    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Acts 7:10
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    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.

  • Ps 105:17
    71%

    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • Gen 37:12
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    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,