Genesis 45:16
And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.
Cross References
Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.
Genesis 41:33And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:33who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.
Esther 2:4And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and [the] Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16
Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then 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. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And 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. 4 And Joseph said unto his… Read the whole commentary →