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Genesis 45
that I really am Joseph! 13 Go tell my father of
my honored position here in Egypt. Describe
for him everything you have seen, and then
bring my father here quickly.” 14 Weeping with
joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin
did the same. 15 Then Joseph kissed each of his
brothers and wept over them, and after that
they began talking freely with him.
PHARAOH INVITES JACOB TO EGYPT
The news soon reached Pharaoh’s palace:
“Joseph’s brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and
his officials were all delighted to hear this.
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you must do: Load your pack
animals, and hurry back to the land of Canaan.
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Then get your father and all of your families,
and return here to me. I will give you the very
best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the
best that the land produces.’”
19
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your
brothers, ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt
to carry your little children and your wives,
and bring your father here. 20 Don’t worry about
your personal belongings, for the best of all
the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21
So the sons of Jacob* did as they were told.
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Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh
had commanded, and he gave them supplies
for the journey. 22 And he gave each of them new
clothes—but to Benjamin he gave five changes
of clothes and 300 pieces* of silver. 23 He also
sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with
the finest products of Egypt, and ten female
donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other
supplies he would need on his journey.
24
So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they
left, he called after them, “Don’t quarrel about
all this along the way!” 25 And they left Egypt
and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land
of Canaan.
26
“Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And
he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob
was stunned at the news—he couldn’t believe
it. 27 But when they repeated to Jacob every
thing Joseph had told them, and when he saw
the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him, their
father’s spirits revived.
28
Then Jacob exclaimed, “It must be true!
My son Joseph is alive! I must go and see him
before I die.”
45:21 Hebrew Israel; also in 45:28. See note on 35:21. 45:22 Hebrew
300 [shekels], about 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms in weight.
EGYPT
The Khufu (foreground) and Khafra (background) pyramids at Giza
Gen 37–50
Egypt was a powerful nation and an
influential culture. God used Joseph’s
move to Egypt to shape his family and
their descendants in ways that even
Joseph never dreamed.
