Genesis 46:31

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Gen 45:16-20 : 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.' 19 Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."
  • Gen 47:1-3 : 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." 2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
  • Heb 2:11 : 11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

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  • Gen 47:1-2
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    86%

    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."

    2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:16-18
    3 verses
    85%

    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 47:5
    85%

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

  • 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 45:25
    82%

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

  • Gen 45:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

    4 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.

  • Gen 50:5-8
    4 verses
    81%

    5 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"

    6 Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear."

    7 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,

    8 all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 45:13
    80%

    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 46:28-30
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    28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

    29 Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

    30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

  • Gen 46:32
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    32 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

  • Gen 50:24
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    24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

  • Gen 50:14
    78%

    14 Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

  • Gen 48:21
    78%

    21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:28
    78%

    28 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

  • Gen 46:4
    77%

    4 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."

  • Gen 47:7
    77%

    7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:13
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    13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 42:7
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    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."

  • Gen 45:1
    77%

    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 50:16
    77%

    16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

  • Gen 42:29
    77%

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

  • Gen 37:12-13
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    12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

    13 Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."

  • Gen 37:17
    76%

    17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 48:1
    76%

    1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 42:3
    76%

    3 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.