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GEN 45:1
Genesis 45:1
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Then Joseph could not refrain himself before
all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And
there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. |
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GEN 45:2
Genesis 45:2
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And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the
house of Pharaoh heard. |
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GEN 45:3
Genesis 45:3
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph;
doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were
troubled at his presence. |
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GEN 45:4
Genesis 45:4
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near
to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother,
whom ye sold into Egypt. |
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GEN 45:5
Genesis 45:5
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Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with
yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve
life. |
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GEN 45:6
Genesis 45:6
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For these two years hath the famine been in
the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing
nor harvest. |
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GEN 45:7
Genesis 45:7
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And God sent me before you to preserve you
a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. |
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GEN 45:8
Genesis 45:8
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So now it was not you that sent me hither, but
God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a
ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. |
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GEN 45:9
Genesis 45:9
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Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto
him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down
unto me, tarry not: |
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GEN 45:10
Genesis 45:10
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And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen,
and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children,
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: |
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GEN 45:11
Genesis 45:11
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And there will I nourish thee; for yet there
are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,
come to poverty. |
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GEN 45:12
Genesis 45:12
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And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of
my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. |
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GEN 45:13
Genesis 45:13
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And ye shall tell my father of all my glory
in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father
hither. |
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GEN 45:14
Genesis 45:14
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And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck,
and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. |
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GEN 45:15
Genesis 45:15
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Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept
upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. |
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GEN 45:16
Genesis 45:16
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And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants. |
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GEN 45:17
Genesis 45:17
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren,
This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; |
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GEN 45:18
Genesis 45:18
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And take your father and your households, and
come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall
eat the fat of the land. |
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GEN 45:19
Genesis 45:19
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Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you
wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and
bring your father, and come. |
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GEN 45:20
Genesis 45:20
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Also regard not your stuff; for the good of
all the land of Egypt is your's. |
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GEN 45:21
Genesis 45:21
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And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph
gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision
for the way. |
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GEN 45:22
Genesis 45:22
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To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment;
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. |
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GEN 45:23
Genesis 45:23
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And to his father he sent after this manner;
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn
and bread and meat for his father by the way. |
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GEN 45:24
Genesis 45:24
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So he sent his brethren away, and they departed:
and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. |
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GEN 45:25
Genesis 45:25
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And they went up out of Egypt, and came into
the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, |
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GEN 45:26
Genesis 45:26
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And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and
he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed
them not. |
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GEN 45:27
Genesis 45:27
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And they told him all the words of Joseph, which
he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry
him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: |
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GEN 45:28
Genesis 45:28
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And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son
is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. |
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