Genesis 45:4

World English Bible (2000)

Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:28 : 28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 50:18 : 18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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  • Gen 45:5
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    5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • Gen 45:3
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    3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

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

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

  • Gen 50:16-19
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    16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

    17 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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

    19 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

    8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

    10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

  • Gen 37:27-28
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    27 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

    28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:1
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    1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 45:15-18
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    15 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

    16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

    18 Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

  • Gen 47:1
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    1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."

  • Gen 42:14-15
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    14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

    15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

  • Gen 45:25
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    25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

  • Gen 45:12-13
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    12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

    13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."

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

  • Gen 42:29
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    29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,