Genesis 45
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
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.
8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
16And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85319× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֵלʼêlH41316× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יוֹסֵףYôwçêphH313014× in this chapter
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
- כֹּלkôlH360514× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָחʼâchH25112× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- אָבʼâbH111× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- אָמַרʼâmarH55911× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH77611× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- כִּיkîyH358810× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH471410× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8347× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11216× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- נָתַןnâthanH54146× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַיִןʻayinH58696× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhH65476× in this chapter
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79716× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- בַּיִתbayithH10045× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אַלʼalH4085× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- עוֹדʻôwdH57505× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynH11444× in this chapter
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- דָבַרdâbarH16964× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53754× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72004× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8594× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בָּכָהbâkâhH10583× in this chapter
to weep; generally to bemoan
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18703× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הֵנָּהhênnâhH20083× in this chapter
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
- זֹאתzôʼthH20633× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- חַיchayH24163× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshH25683× in this chapter
five
- טוּבṭûwbH28983× in this chapter
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
- אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- עֲגָלָהʻăgâlâhH56993× in this chapter
something revolving, i.e. a wheeled vehicle
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)