Genesis 45:16-28
1599 Geneva Bible
16 ¶ And the [a]tidings came to Pharaoh’s house, so that they said, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, This do ye, laid your beasts and depart, go to the land of Canaan,
18 And take your father, and your household, and come to me, and I will give you the [b]best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat of the [c]fat of the land.
19 And I command thee, Thus do ye, take you chariots out of the land of Egypt for your children, and for your wives, and bring your father and come.
20 Also [d]regard not your stuff: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them chariots according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he gave them vittles also for the journey.
22 He gave them all, none except, change of raiment: but unto Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five suits of raiment.
23 And unto his father [e]likewise he sent ten he asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with wheat, and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, [f]Fall not out by the way.
25 Then they went up from Egypt, and came unto the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he also is governor over all the land of Egypt, and Jacob’s heart [g]failed: for he believed them not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: but when he saw the chariots, which Joseph had sent to carry him, then the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
28 And Israel said, I have enough: Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him yet I die.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 45:16 Hebrew, voice.
- Genesis 45:18 The most plentiful ground.
- Genesis 45:18 The chiefest fruits and commodities.
- Genesis 45:20 Hebrew, let not your eyes spare your vessel.
- Genesis 45:23 Or, he sent as much, to wit, silver as verse 22, and ten asses.
- Genesis 45:24 Seeing he had remitted the fault done toward him, he would not that they should accuse one another.
- Genesis 45:26 As one between hope and fear.
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