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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 45
1Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, Send every man out from my presence. So no one was with Joseph when he made himself known to his brethren.
2And he wept aloud; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh's household heard about it.
3Then Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? And his brethren could not answer him, so dumbfounded where they on account of him.
4Joseph said to his brethren, Come closer to me, please. And when they came near, he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5Now do not be angry or upset with yourselves because you sold me here, for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6For two years now has the famine been in the land, and for five more years yet there will be neither plowing or harvesting.
7God sent me before you to preserve you on the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9Hurry and go 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; do not delay.
10You will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me; you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
11I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Lest you, and your household, and all that you have come to poverty.
12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that it is really I that speaks to you.
13So tell my father of all my honour in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Now hurry and bring my father down here.
14Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15He kissed all his brethren and wept over them, and after that his brethren talked with him.
16And it was reported in the house of Pharaoh, Joseph's brethren are come. And it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.
17Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brethren, Do this; Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.
18Get your father and your households and come to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you shall live off the fat of the land.
19You are also commanded to say, Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your children and your wives. Bring your father and come.
20And do not regard your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons, as Pharaoh had instructed, and provisions for the way.
22To each of them he gave a set of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of garments.
23And to his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for the way.
24Then he sent his brethren on their way, and as they departed he said to them, Do not quarrel along the way.
25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26And told him, Joseph is alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
27But when they told him all the words that Joseph had said to them, and he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
28And Israel said, Enough! My son Joseph is alive. I will go and see him before I die.
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- Relevance: A foundational Orthodox text, ideal for your site’s authoritative exegesis.
- Source: Available in English via Fathers of the Church series (Catholic University of America Press) or CCEL.org (public domain).
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- Relevance: A key Catholic commentary, complementing Orthodox perspectives.
- Source: Public domain, available via NewAdvent.org or Fathers of the Church series.
- St. Ephrem the Syrian – Commentary on Genesis (Orthodox/Catholic, Syriac tradition, 4th century)
- Description: A verse-by-verse exegesis of Genesis, including Genesis 1, with a focus on literal interpretation and Syriac theological traditions. Ephrem’s concise style emphasizes doctrinal fidelity and spiritual insights.
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- St. John Chrysostom – Homilies on Genesis (Orthodox, 4th century)
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