Genesis 45 Free Bible Version
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1 Joseph couldn't control his emotions any longer while all his attendants were there, so he shouted out, “Everybody leave me!” So there was nobody else there when Joseph revealed who he was to his brothers.
1 NO podía ya José contenerse delante de todos los que estaban al lado suyo, y clamó: Haced salir de conmigo á todos. Y no quedó nadie con él, al darse á conocer José á sus hermanos.
2 But he cried so loudly that the Egyptians could hear him, and they told Pharaoh's household about it.
2 Entonces se dió á llorar á voz en grito; y oyeron los Egipcios, y oyó también la casa de Faraón.
3 “I'm Joseph!” he announced to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” They couldn't answer him as they were so surprised to see him face to face.
3 Y dijo José á sus hermanos: Yo soy José: ¿vive aún mi padre? Y sus hermanos no pudieron responderle, porque estaban turbados delante de él.
4 “Please come closer to me,” he told his brothers. They came over to him. “I'm your brother Joseph who you sold into slavery in Egypt.
4 Entonces dijo José á sus hermanos: Llegaos ahora á mí. Y ellos se llegaron. Y él dijo: Yo soy José vuestro hermano el que vendisteis para Egipto.
5 But don't be worried or get angry with yourselves that you sold me to be a slave here, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to save lives.
5 Ahora pues, no os entristezcáis, ni os pese de haberme vendido acá; que para preservación de vida me envió Dios delante de vosotros:
6 The country has suffered from famine for two years already, but there will be five more years with no plowing or reaping.
6 Que ya ha habido dos años de hambre en medio de la tierra, y aun quedan cinco años en que ni habrá arada ni siega.
7 God sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives in this miraculous way.
7 Y Dios me envió delante de vosotros, para que vosotros quedaseis en la tierra, y para daros vida por medio de grande salvamento.
8 So it wasn't you who sent me here, but God. He was the one who made me Pharaoh's chief advisor in charge of all his affairs, and ruler of the whole country of Egypt.
8 Así pues, no me enviasteis vosotros acá, sino Dios, que me ha puesto por padre de Faraón, y por señor de toda su casa, y por gobernador en toda la tierra de Egipto.
9 Now hurry! Go back to my father and tell him, ‘This message comes from your son Joseph: God has made me the ruler of the whole of Egypt. Come to me now; don't wait.
9 Daos priesa, id á mi padre y decidle: Así dice tu hijo José: Dios me ha puesto por señor de todo Egipto; ven á mí, no te detengas:
10 You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.
10 Y habitarás en la tierra de Gosén, y estarás cerca de mí, tú y tus hijos, y los hijos de tus hijos, tus ganados y tus vacas, y todo lo que tienes.
11 I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”
11 Y allí te alimentaré, pues aun quedan cinco años de hambre, porque no perezcas de pobreza tú y tu casa, y todo lo que tienes:
12 Then Joseph told his brothers, “You can all see for yourselves—including my brother Benjamin—that it's really me talking to you!
12 Y he aquí, vuestros ojos ven, y los ojos de mi hermano Benjamín, que mi boca os habla.
13 Tell my father how much I'm respected in Egypt. Tell him everything that you've seen. Hurry! Bring my father here quickly!”
13 Haréis pues saber á mi padre toda mi gloria en Egipto, y todo lo que habéis visto: y daos priesa, y traed á mi padre acá.
14 He hugged Benjamin, and Benjamin hugged him back. They both wept for joy.
14 Y echóse sobre el cuello de Benjamín su hermano, y lloró; y también Benjamín lloró sobre su cuello.
15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers were able to start talking with him.
15 Y besó á todos sus hermanos, y lloró sobre ellos: y después sus hermanos hablaron con él.
16 Word soon reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had arrived. Pharaoh and his officials were glad to hear the news.
16 Y oyóse la noticia en la casa de Faraón, diciendo: Los hermanos de José han venido. Y plugo en los ojos de Faraón y de sus siervos.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you are to do: Load your donkeys with grain and go back to the country of Canaan.
17 Y dijo Faraón á José: Di á tus hermanos: Haced esto: cargad vuestras bestias, é id, volved á la tierra de Canaán;
18 Then bring your father and your families and return here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you shall eat the best food the country has to offer.’
18 Y tomad á vuestro padre y vuestras familias, y venid á mí, que yo os daré lo bueno de la tierra de Egipto y comeréis la grosura de la tierra.
19 Tell them to do this as well: ‘Take some wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives. Bring them and your father here.
19 Y tú manda: Haced esto: tomaos de la tierra de Egipto carros para vuestros niños y vuestras mujeres; y tomad á vuestro padre, y venid.
20 Don't worry about bringing your possessions because the best of all Egypt is yours.’”
20 Y no se os dé nada de vuestras alhajas, porque el bien de la tierra de Egipto será vuestro.
21 So that's what the sons of Israel did. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered. He also gave them supplies for their journey.
21 E hiciéronlo así los hijos de Israel: y dióles José carros conforme á la orden de Faraón, y suministróles víveres para el camino.
22 He gave each of them new clothes. But to Benjamin he gave five sets of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.
22 A cada uno de todos ellos dió mudas de vestidos, y á Benjamín dió trescientas piezas de plata, y cinco mudas de vestidos.
23 Joseph also sent to his father the following: ten donkeys carrying the best things from Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and supplies needed for his father's journey.
23 Y á su padre envió esto: diez asnos cargados de lo mejor de Egipto, y diez asnas cargadas de trigo, y pan y comida, para su padre en el camino.
24 Then he saw his brothers off, and as they left he told them, “Don't argue on the way!”
24 Y despidió á sus hermanos, y fuéronse. Y él les dijo: No riñáis por el camino.
25 So they left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in the country of Canaan.
25 Y subieron de Egipto, y llegaron á la tierra de Canaán á Jacob su padre.
26 “Joseph's still alive!” they told him. “It's true, and he's the ruler of the whole country of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he just couldn't believe it!
26 Y diéronle las nuevas, diciendo: José vive aún; y él es señor en toda la tierra de Egipto. Y su corazón se desmayó; pues no los creía.
27 But when they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, Jacob came back to his senses.
27 Y ellos le contaron todas las palabras de José, que él les había hablado; y viendo él los carros que José enviaba para llevarlo, el espíritu de Jacob su padre revivió.
28 Israel said, “All right, I believe you! My son Joseph is still alive! I'm going to go and see him before I die.”
28 Entonces dijo Israel: Basta; José mi hijo vive todavía: iré, y le veré antes que yo muera.
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Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Cross references (27)
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- 1 Matthew 18:15; Genesis 43:30–31; Isaiah 42:14; Acts 10:41; 2 Samuel 1:20
- 2 Numbers 14:1; Genesis 46:29; Acts 20:37; Ruth 1:9; 2 Kings 20:3
- 3 Acts 7:13; Acts 9:5; Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7; Luke 24:37–38
- 4 Genesis 37:28; Matthew 14:27; Acts 9:5; Genesis 50:18
- 5 Genesis 50:20; Acts 7:9–15; Job 1:21; Genesis 45:7–8; Acts 2:23–24
- 6 Genesis 47:23; Genesis 41:56; Genesis 41:54; Genesis 41:29–31; 1 Samuel 8:12
- 7 Psalm 44:4; Acts 7:35; Judges 15:18; Psalm 18:50; 1 Chronicles 11:14
- 8 John 15:16; Romans 9:16; John 19:11; Psalm 105:21–22; Job 29:16
- 9 Genesis 45:19–20; Genesis 45:13
- 10 Exodus 8:22; Exodus 9:26; Genesis 46:34–47:6; Genesis 46:28–29; John 17:24
- 11 Genesis 47:12; Matthew 15:5–6; Genesis 47:6; 1 Timothy 5:4; Mark 7:9–12
- 12 Genesis 42:23; John 20:27; Luke 24:39
- 13 Acts 7:14; 1 Peter 1:10–12; Revelation 21:23; John 17:24
- 14 Genesis 46:29; Romans 1:31; Genesis 29:11; Genesis 33:4
- 15 Luke 15:20; 1 Samuel 20:41; Exodus 4:27; Genesis 29:11; 1 Samuel 10:1
- 16 2 Samuel 3:36; 2 Chronicles 30:4; Genesis 20:15; Deuteronomy 1:33; Genesis 34:18
- 17 Genesis 44:1–2; Genesis 42:25–26
- 18 Genesis 27:28; Genesis 47:6; Numbers 18:12; Psalm 147:14; Numbers 18:29
- 19 Genesis 46:5; Genesis 45:27; Isaiah 49:23; Genesis 31:17–18; Isaiah 49:1
- 20 Isaiah 1:19; Luke 17:31; Deuteronomy 19:13; Ezekiel 7:4; Joshua 7:11
- 21 Genesis 45:19; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Lamentations 1:18; Numbers 3:16
- 22 Genesis 43:34; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 5:22–23; Judges 14:12; Judges 14:19
- 23 Genesis 24:10; Exodus 16:3; Genesis 43:11
- 24 1 Thessalonians 5:13; John 13:34–35; Psalm 133:1–3; Colossians 3:12–13; Ephesians 4:31–32
- 26 Genesis 44:28; Genesis 37:35; Job 29:24; Luke 24:34; Luke 24:41
- 27 Isaiah 57:15; Genesis 45:19; Psalm 85:6; Hosea 6:2; 1 Samuel 30:12
- 28 Luke 2:28–30; John 16:21–22; Genesis 46:30
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