Genesis 45:1-15

Joseph Makes Himself Known

1 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
2 And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a]
8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.
10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.
11 I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’
12 “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.
13 Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14 Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.
15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

Cross References 34

  • 1. S Genesis 43:31
  • 2. 2 Samuel 13:9
  • 3. S Genesis 29:11
  • 4. ver 16; Acts 7:13; Genesis 46:29
  • 5. S Genesis 43:7; Acts 7:13
  • 6. ver 15
  • 7. Genesis 44:20; Job 21:6; Job 23:15; Matthew 17:6; Mark 6:49-50
  • 8. Genesis 27:21-22
  • 9. Genesis 37:28
  • 10. Genesis 42:21
  • 11. Genesis 42:22
  • 12. ver 7-8; Genesis 50:20; Job 10:12; Psalms 105:17
  • 13. S Genesis 41:30
  • 14. 2Ki 19:4,30,31; Ezra 9:8,13; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:20,21; Isaiah 11:11,16; Isaiah 46:3; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:7; Zephaniah 2:7
  • 15. S ver 5; Genesis 49:18; Exodus 15:2; 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Kings 13:5; Esther 4:14; Isaiah 25:9; Micah 7:7
  • 16. ver 5
  • 17. Judges 17:10; 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14
  • 18. S Genesis 41:41
  • 19. S Genesis 43:15
  • 20. Genesis 43:10; Acts 7:14
  • 21. Genesis 46:28,34">Genesis 46:28,34; Genesis 47:1,11,27">Genesis 47:1,11,27; Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 9:26; Exodus 10:24; Genesis 46:28,34">Genesis 46:28,34; Genesis 47:1
  • 22. Genesis 46:6-7
  • 23. Genesis 47:12; Genesis 50:21
  • 24. S Genesis 41:30
  • 25. Psalms 102:17
  • 26. S Genesis 35:18
  • 27. Mark 6:50
  • 28. S Genesis 41:41
  • 29. S Genesis 43:15; Acts 7:14
  • 30. S Genesis 35:18
  • 31. S Genesis 29:13
  • 32. S Genesis 29:11; Luke 15:20
  • 33. S Genesis 29:11,13; S Genesis 46:4
  • 34. ver 3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "save you as a great band of survivors"
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