Genesis 45:16
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Revised Version 1895
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 pleaseth thee.
Genesis 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, 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 was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.
Esther 2:4and let the maiden which 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 of 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 →