Genesis 45:4
American Standard Version
And 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.
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Genesis 45:4 in other translations
Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.”
They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:4 in context
- 2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, 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.
- 5And now 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 there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.