Verse 8
Genesis 45:8
Free Bible Version
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So it wasn't you who sent me here, but God (Elohim). He was the one who made me Pharaoh's chief advisor in charge of all his affairs, and ruler of the whole country of Egypt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה לֹֽא אַתֶּ֞ם שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם אֹתִ/י֙ הֵ֔נָּה כִּ֖י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יְשִׂימֵ֨/נִֽי לְ/אָ֜ב לְ/פַרְעֹ֗ה וּ/לְ/אָדוֹן֙ לְ/כָל בֵּית֔/וֹ וּ/מֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּ/כָל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And now you have not sent me there because God has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord over all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Chapter 45 Context
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Joseph couldn't control his emotions any longer while all his attendants were there, so he shouted o...
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But he cried so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him, and they told Pharaoh's household about it...
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“I'm Joseph!” he announced to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” They couldn't answer him as...
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“Please come closer to me,” he told his brothers. They came over to him. “I'm your brother Joseph wh...
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But don't be worried or get angry with yourselves that you sold me to be a slave here, because it wa...
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The country has suffered from famine for two years already, but there will be five more years with n...
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God (Elohim) sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives...
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So it wasn't you who sent me here, but God (Elohim). He was the one who made me Pharaoh's chief advi...
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Now hurry! Go back to my father and tell him, ‘This message comes from your son Joseph: God (Elohim)...
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You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, an...
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I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise y...
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Then Joseph told his brothers, “You can all see for yourselves—including my brother Benjamin—that it...
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Tell my father how much I'm respected in Egypt. Tell him everything that you've seen. Hurry! Bring m...
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He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.
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He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers were able to start talkin...
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Word soon reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had arrived. Pharaoh and his officials wer...
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you are to do: Load your donkeys with gra...
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Then bring your father and your families and return here to me. I will give you the best land in Egy...
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Tell them to do this as well: ‘Take some wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives. Bring t...
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Don't worry about bringing your possessions because the best of all Egypt is yours.’”
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So that's what the sons of Israel did. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered. He...
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He gave each of them new clothes. But to Benjamin he gave five sets of clothes and 300 pieces of sil...
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Joseph also sent to his father the following: ten donkeys carrying the best things from Egypt, and t...
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Then he saw his brothers off, and as they left he told them, “Don't argue on the way!”
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“Joseph's still alive!” they told him. “It's true, and he's the ruler of the whole country of Egypt!...
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But when they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Jose...
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Israel said, “All right, I believe you! My son Joseph is still alive! I'm going to go and see him be...
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