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Genesis 45 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Joseph Sends for Jacob

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Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there [fn]was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:2 - Then he [fn]wept loudly. And the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “So now do not be grieved or angry [fn]with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - “For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:7 - “So God sent me before you to establish for you a remnant in the earth and to keep you alive for a great remnant of survivors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - “So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has set me as a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - “And you shall [fn]live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - “There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, lest you and your household and all that you have be impoverished.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - “And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - “So you must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.

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Now the [fn]news was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” And it was good in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and [fn]go to the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the [fn]best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - “Now you are commanded, ‘Do this: [fn]take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ‘Now do not [fn]concern yourselves with your goods, for the [fn]best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the [fn]command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To [fn]each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - Now to his father he sent [fn]as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the [fn]best things of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father [fn]on the journey.

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So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, “Do not be stirred up on the journey.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But [fn]his heart was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - Yet they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him. Then the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - And Israel said, “It is enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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Lit stood
Lit gave forth his voice in weeping
Lit in your eyes
Lit dwell
Lit voice
Lit come, go
Lit good
Lit take for yourselves
Lit let your eye look with regret upon your vessels
Lit good
Lit mouth
Lit all of them he gave each man
Lit like this
Lit good
Lit for
Lit his heart grew numb
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