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Genesis 45:4-5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 45 · verses 4–5
4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.Genesis 45:4-5 · King James Version
Genesis 45:4-5 in context
2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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Key words (Strong's)
- yourselvesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- grievedʻâtsabproperly, to carveH6087 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- angrychârâhto glow or grow warmH2734 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- soldmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
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Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a judge, the natural affection of a father or brother. I. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw, Gen 45:1. The private conversations of friends are the most free.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15