Genesis — Chapter 45

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Genesis 45:1 Then Joseph ^Rcould 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.

Genesis 45:2 And he ^RTwept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Genesis 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, ^RI am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were ^Ttroubled at his presence.

Genesis 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, ^RI am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:5 Now therefore ^Rbe not grieved, ^Tnor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Genesis 45:6 For these ^Rtwo years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you ^Tto preserve you a posterity in the earth, and ^Rto save your lives by a great deliverance.

Genesis 45:8 So now ^Rit 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.

Genesis 45:9 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: ^Rcome down unto me, tarry not:

Genesis 45:10 And thou shalt dwell ^Rin 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:

Genesis 45:11 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.

Genesis 45:12 And, behold, ^Ryour eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Genesis 45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all ^Rmy glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Genesis 45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Genesis 45:15 ^RMoreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Genesis 45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and ^Rit ^Tpleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Genesis 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; ^Rlade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

Genesis 45:18 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 ^Rthe fat of the land.

Genesis 45:19 Now thou art ^Rcommanded, 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.

Genesis 45:20 Also ^RTregard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

Genesis 45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them ^Rwagons, according to the ^Tcommandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

Genesis 45:22 To all of them he gave ^Reach man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Genesis 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses ^Tladen with the ^Rgood things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

Genesis 45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, ^RSee that ye fall not out by the way.

Genesis 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

Genesis 45:26 And told him, saying, ^RJoseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And ^TJacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Genesis 45:27 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, ^Rthe spirit of Jacob their father revived:

Genesis 45:28 And Israel said, ^RIt is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

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Genesis 45:1–8 — Joseph Makes Himself Known

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Joseph reveals his identity and weeps. He tells his troubled brothers that God sent him before them to preserve life and bring a great deliverance.

Key Truth: Joseph recognizes God’s preserving purpose amid what his brothers had done.

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Genesis 45:9–20 — The Family Is Invited to Egypt

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Joseph asks his father to come and dwell in Goshen during the remaining famine years. Pharaoh supports the invitation and orders wagons for the family.

Key Truth: Provision is made for Jacob’s household to survive the famine near Joseph.

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Genesis 45:21–28 — Good News Reaches Jacob

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Joseph sends provisions, clothing, and gifts with his brothers. Jacob at first doubts their news, but the wagons revive his spirit, and he resolves to see Joseph before dying.

Key Truth: The news that Joseph lives turns Jacob’s grief toward hope and reunion.

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