Genesis 45:1

And Joseph was not able to sustain all that was being upon him; and he cried, Let every man go out from me; and no man stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brethren.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he gave forth his voice with weeping; and the Mizraee heard, and a man of Pharoh’s house heard.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:24And he turned himself away from them, and wept. And he returned and spake to them, and took Shemeon from them, and bound him before their eyes.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:1

It is a pity that this chapter and the foregoing should be parted, and read asunder. There we had Judah's intercession for Benjamin, with which, we may suppose, the rest of his brethren signified their concurrence; Joseph let him go on without interruption, heard all he had to say, and then answered it all in one word, "I am Joseph." Now he found his brethren humbled for their sins, mindful of himself (for Judah had mentioned him twice in his speech), respectful to their father, and very tender of their brother… Read the whole commentary →

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