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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 45 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/45.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/45-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Genesis 45</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/44.htm" title="Genesis 44">◄</a> Genesis 45 <a href="../genesis/46.htm" title="Genesis 46">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/genesis/45.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Joseph Makes Himself Known</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or save you as a great band of survivors">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now hurry back 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; don’t delay. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms">b</a></sup></span> of silver and five sets of clothes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/45-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>save you as a great band of survivors</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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