Genesis 45:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:28 : 28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 50:18 : 18 And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am `he', be not afraid.'
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

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  • Gen 45:5
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    5and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

  • Gen 45:3
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    3And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I `am' Joseph, is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

  • Gen 46:31
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    31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who `are' in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;

  • Gen 50:16-19
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    16And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

    17Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

    18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

    19And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for `am' I in the place of God?

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

    8And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    8and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

    10and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

  • Gen 37:27-28
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    27Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he `is' our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

    28And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:1
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    1And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

  • Gen 45:15-18
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    15and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

    16And the sound hath been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, `Come have the brethren of Joseph;' and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,

    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

    18and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.

  • Gen 47:1
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    1And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they `are' in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 42:14-15
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    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

    15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

    15and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Gen 45:25
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    25And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,

  • Gen 45:12-13
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    12`And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that `it is' my mouth which is speaking unto you;

    13and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

  • Gen 42:3
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    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 42:29
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    29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,