Genesis 45
45
Joseph Reveals His Identity
1Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make every man go out from me.” So no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2He wept so loudly that the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard about it.
3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” # Ac 7:13 But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.
4Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me,” and they came near. Then he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. # Ge 37:28 5Now do not be upset or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. # Ge 45:7–8; 50:20 6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7God sent me ahead of you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8“So now it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh # Jdg 17:10 and lord of his entire household and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9Hurry and go up 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; do not delay. 10And you will dwell in the land of Goshen, # Ex 8:22 and you will be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, along with your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11I will provide for you there, for there are still five years of famine to come, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.” ’ # Ge 47:12
12“Your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that is speaking to you. # Ge 42:23 13You must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that you have seen, and you must hurry and bring my father down here.” # Ac 7:14
14Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him. # Lk 15:20
16When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this. Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan. 18Get your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ # Ge 27:28; 47:6
19“You are also commanded to say, ‘Do this: Take your wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come. # Ge 45:27; 46:5 20Also do not concern yourself with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”
21So the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22To each of them he gave a change of clothes, # 2Ki 5:5 but he gave to Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver # 45:22 About 71/2 pounds, or 3.5 kilograms. and five changes of clothes. # Ge 43:34 23To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father on the journey. 24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.” # Ge 42:21–22
25They went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. 26They told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.” And Jacob’s heart stood still because he could not believe them. # Ge 37:35; 44:28 27They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, # Ge 45:19 the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28Then Israel said, “Enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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Genesis 45
45
Joseph told his brothers the true story
1After Judah said all those things, Joseph really wanted to cry, and he wanted to tell those men that he was their brother. But lots of Joseph’s workers were there in that room, so Joseph said to them, “All of you workers, go out of this room.” Then all of Joseph’s workers went out, and Joseph stayed there with his brothers. 2Then Joseph started to cry really loud. He cried so loud that some of the Egypt people heard him, and those Egypt people went and told the people in Pharaoh’s house.
3Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am your brother Joseph. You said that my father is still alive. Is that true?”#Acts 7:13
Joseph’s brothers got a big shock. You see, before this, they thought that he was one of the Egypt people, but now they knew that he was their brother Joseph. They were really shocked and frightened, so they didn’t say anything.
4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come and stand more close to me.” So they went more close to him.
And Joseph said, “I am your brother Joseph. Remember, a long time ago, you sold me as a work-man to that Midian mob, and they brought me here to Egypt country. 5Listen, I can see that you are upset and angry with yourselves, because you sold me as a work-man. But don’t be upset or angry. You know, God was the one that made those things happen. Yes, God sent me here to Egypt, so that I can help people stay alive in these dry years with no food plants growing. And later on, he got you mob to come here to get food. 6You know, we already had 2 dry years with no rain, and there will be 5 more dry years. Yes, for 5 more years, nobody will be able to grow any food. 7But God wants to save you mob, so he did a great thing for you. He sent me here to Egypt, to get things ready for you. Now God is going to use me to make sure that you and your families stay alive. 8So I’m telling you, it wasn’t you mob that sent me here to Egypt. No, it was God that sent me here. He made me Pharaoh’s most important helper, and he made me boss over all of Pharaoh’s workers, and he put me in charge of all of Egypt.”
9Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Now you mob have to go quickly to my father. Say to him, ‘This is a message from your son Joseph. He says, “God put me in charge of all of Egypt country. Come and live in this country with me straight away.#Acts 7:14 10Bring your kids and your grand-kids, your sheep and cows, and everything that you own. You can live near me, in the place called Goshen. 11You know, there will be 5 more years of no rain and no food plants growing. But I will give food to you and your family and your animals for those 5 years. I will do that for you, so that you will not become really poor, and you and your animals will not die.” ’ ”
12Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Now you mob know that I really am Joseph. And my brother Benjamin, he knows that too. 13So you mob have to go and tell my father that I am very important in Egypt country. And tell him about everything else that you saw here. Go quickly, and then bring my father here.”
14Then Joseph put his arms around his brother Benjamin, and he hugged him. And Joseph cried, because he was so happy to see Benjamin again. And Benjamin hugged Joseph, and he cried too. 15Then Joseph kissed all his brothers on the cheek, and he kept on crying while he did that. Then Joseph’s brothers were not frightened any more, and they talked to Joseph.
Pharaoh was good to Joseph’s brothers
16Somebody went to Pharaoh’s house, and they said to Pharaoh and his workers, “Joseph’s brothers are here in Egypt country.” And Pharaoh and his workers were happy that Joseph’s brothers came. 17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you have to do. Put your bags of food on your donkeys, and go back to Canaan country. 18Then get your father and your families, and bring them back here to Egypt. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you can live on that land. And you can eat the best food that is in this country.’ ”
19Pharaoh kept on talking to Joseph. He said, “I want you to say to your brothers, ‘This is what you have to do. Get some of our cows and trailers that are here in Egypt country, and get those cows to pull those trailers back to your home country. Then get your little kids and your wives to sit in those trailers, and then those cows can bring them back here to Egypt. And bring your father too. 20You don’t need to bring all the things that you own, because I am going to give you the best things that are here in Egypt.’ ”
21Then Jacob’s sons did those things that Pharaoh said. Joseph gave them some cows and trailers, just like Pharaoh told him to do, and he gave them some food to eat on the way home. 22And he gave them all some new clothes. But he gave Benjamin more clothes than all the others. Yes, he gave Benjamin 5 sets of clothes. He also gave Benjamin 300 pieces of silver money.
23Joseph wanted to send some presents to his father too. So he got 10 male donkeys, and he got some really good things from Egypt country, and he put those good things into bags, and he put those bags on the donkeys to send them to his father. Joseph also got 10 female donkeys to send to his father, and he got wheat seeds, and bread, and lots of other food, and he put all that food into bags, and he put those bags on those 10 female donkeys. Joseph wanted to send that food to his father, so that his father could eat it on the way back to Egypt. 24After everything was ready, Joseph told his brothers to leave Egypt and go back to their home country. And he said to them, “Don’t argue on the way home.” So they left Egypt country to go home.
Joseph’s brothers told their father that Joseph was alive
25Joseph’s brothers went back to their father Jacob, in Canaan country. 26They said to Jacob, “Joseph is not dead. No, he is still alive, and he is in charge of all of Egypt country.”
Jacob got a big shock, and he didn’t believe those things that his sons said. You see, he thought that Joseph was dead. 27So Jacob’s sons told him everything that Joseph said to them, and they showed him those cows and trailers that Joseph sent. They said, “Joseph sent these cows and trailers so that we can take you and our families to Egypt country.”
Then Jacob felt better. 28He said, “Now I know that those things that you said, they are true. My son Joseph really is alive. I have to go and see him before I die.”
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