Genesis 46:31
29 Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
32 The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
33 When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
- KJV
- And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
- WEB
- Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
- ASV
- And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father`s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father`s house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
- DARBY
- And Joseph said to his brethren and to his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brethren and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come to me;
- BLB
- And Joseph said to his brothers and to the house of his father, “I will go up and let me tell Pharaoh and let me say to him, ‘My brothers and the house of my father, who [were] in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
- ÅB
- Og Josef sa til sine brødre og til sin fars hus: Jeg vil dra opp og melde det til Farao og si til ham: Mine brødre og min fars hus, som var i Kana'ans land, er kommet til meg;
- OTB
- Josef sa til sine brødre og til sin fars husstand: "Jeg vil dra opp og tale til farao, og fortelle ham: 'Mine brødre og min fars husstand, som bodde i Kanaan, har kommet til meg.
- B1930
- Og Josef sa til sine brødre og til sin fars hus: Jeg vil dra op og melde det til Farao og si til ham: Mine brødre og min fars hus, som var i Kana'ans land, er kommet til mig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 2:11
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Read in contextActs 18:3
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
Read in contextGenesis 45:16–20
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
Read in contextGenesis 47:1–3
So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
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