Bible Cross References
Joseph
Genesis 45:1-18
1
Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, Make everyone go out from me! So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2
And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it.
3
And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
4
And Joseph said to his brothers, Please come near to me. So they came near. And he said: I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5
But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry in your eyes because you sold me here; for God has sent me before you to preserve life.
6
For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
7
And God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
8
So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9
Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.
10
And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children's children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.
11
And I will nourish you there, so that you and your house, and all that you have, not come to poverty; for there are yet five years of famine.
12
And behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that is speaking to you.
13
And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.
14
And he fell on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15
Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.
16
And the report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it was well pleasing in the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants.
17
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.
18
And bring your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
Genesis 46:31-34
31
And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and those of my fathers house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
32
And the men tend cattle, for they are men of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.
33
So it shall be, when Pharaoh summons you and says, What is your occupation?
34
that you shall say, Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers; that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:1-10
1
And Joseph came and reported to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2
And he took five men from among his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.
4
And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6
The land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know any men with ability among them, make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.
7
And Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of your life?
9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.