Genesis 45:4

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל ־ אֶחָיו גְּשׁוּ ־ נָא אֵלַי וַיִּגָּשׁוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי יוֹסֵף אֲחִיכֶם אֲשֶׁר ־ מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי מִצְרָֽיְמָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James 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.

In Context

3וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל ־ אֶחָיו אֲנִי יוֹסֵף הַעוֹד אָבִי חָי וְלֹֽא ־ יָכְלוּ אֶחָיו לַעֲנוֹת אֹתוֹ כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ מִפָּנָֽיו ׃

5וְעַתָּה ׀ אַל ־ תֵּעָצְבוּ וְאַל ־ יִחַר בְּעֵינֵיכֶם כִּֽי ־ מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי הֵנָּה כִּי לְמִֽחְיָה שְׁלָחַנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 50:18וַיֵּלְכוּ גַּם ־ אֶחָיו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֶּנּֽוּ לְךָ לַעֲבָדִֽים ׃

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 →

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