Bible Cross References
Joseph
Genesis 45:1-18
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Joseph was no longer able to control his feelings in front of his servants, so he ordered them all to leave the room. No one else was with him when Joseph told his brothers who he was.
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He cried with such loud sobs that the Egyptians heard it, and the news was taken to the king's palace.
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Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But when his brothers heard this, they were so terrified that they could not answer.
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Then Joseph said to them, "Please come closer." They did, and he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
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Now do not be upset or blame yourselves because you sold me here. It was really God who sent me ahead of you to save people's lives.
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This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.
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God sent me ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and your descendants survive.
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So it was not really you who sent me here, but God. He has made me the king's highest official. I am in charge of his whole country; I am the ruler of all Egypt.
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"Now hurry back to my father and tell him that this is what his son Joseph says: 'God has made me ruler of all Egypt; come to me without delay.
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You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me---you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have.
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If you are in Goshen, I can take care of you. There will still be five years of famine; and I do not want you, your family, and your livestock to starve.' "
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Joseph continued, "Now all of you, and you too, Benjamin, can see that I am really Joseph.
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Tell my father how powerful I am here in Egypt and tell him about everything that you have seen. Then hurry and bring him here."
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He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and began to cry; Benjamin also cried as he hugged him.
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Then, still weeping, he embraced each of his brothers and kissed them. After that, his brothers began to talk with him.
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When the news reached the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were pleased.
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He said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers to load their animals and to return to the land of Canaan.
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Let them get their father and their families and come back here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will have more than enough to live on.
Genesis 46:31-34
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Then Joseph said to his brothers and the rest of his father's family, "I must go and tell the king that my brothers and all my father's family, who were living in Canaan, have come to me.
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I will tell him that you are shepherds and take care of livestock and that you have brought your flocks and herds and everything else that belongs to you.
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When the king calls for you and asks what your occupation is,
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be sure to tell him that you have taken care of livestock all your lives, just as your ancestors did. In this way he will let you live in the region of Goshen." Joseph said this because Egyptians will have nothing to do with shepherds.
Genesis 47:1-10
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So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He told him, "My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. They are now in the region of Goshen."
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He then presented his brothers to the king.
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The king asked them, "What is your occupation?" "We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were," they answered.
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"We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen."
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The king said to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,
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the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."
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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
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and the king asked him, "How old are you?"
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Jacob answered, "My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings."
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Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.