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Is my father still living? ” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me,” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And now don’t be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.45.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Return quickly to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You can settle in the land of Goshen<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and be near me — you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.” ’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Look! Your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin can see that I’m<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.45.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the one speaking to you. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.45.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and afterward his brothers talked with him.</p><h3 class="head1">The Return for Jacob</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go on back to the land of Canaan. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You are also commanded to tell them, ‘Do this: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your dependents and your wives and bring your father here.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do not be concerned about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them provisions for the journey. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He gave each of the brothers changes of clothes,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.45.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He sent his father the following: ten donkeys carrying the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys carrying grain, food, and provisions for his father on the journey. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Don’t argue<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.45.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> on the way.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt! ” Jacob was stunned,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.45.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> for he did not believe them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But when they told Jacob all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.45.28" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/45-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Genesis.45" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.1">45:1</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">all those standing about him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.7">45:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">keep alive for you many survivors</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.12">45:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">that my mouth is</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.15">45:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">brothers, and he wept over them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.24">45:24</a></span> Or <span class="italic">be anxious</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.45.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.26">45:26</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Jacob’s heart was numb</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Genesis.45" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.1">45:1</a></span> Ac 7:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.4">45:4</a></span> Gn 37:18–36</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.5">45:5</a></span> Gn 45:7–8; 50:20; Ps 105:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.10">45:10</a></span> Gn 46:34; 47:1,4,6,11,27; 50:8; Ex 8:22; Jos 10:41</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.11">45:11</a></span> Gn 47:12; 50:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.13">45:13</a></span> Ac 7:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.19">45:19</a></span> Gn 46:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.20">45:20</a></span> Dt 32:9–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.22">45:22</a></span> 2Kg 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.45.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.45.22">45:22</a></span> Gn 43:34</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Genesis.45" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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