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Genesis 45:9

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Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;

KJV

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

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This verse in Genesis 45

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

ON JOSEPH 12.70-73 · Written before 397.

Indeed they are expressed in the same words, so that we may know that Jesus is the same who spoke before in Joseph and afterward in his own body, seeing that he did not change even the words. For at that time Jesus said, "Be not grieved," and later, "Go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me master of the whole land of Egypt.' " And in the Gospel Christ says, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

This site's exposition

God has made me lord of all Egypt

on Genesis 45:9-10

The message home is that God has made him lord of all Egypt and that his father is to come down without delay. The second dream of 37:9 arrives in daylight, and the father who asked whether he would bow is the one told to pack. Goshen is named, so the household will settle near him with children, grandchildren, flocks and herds. Jacob is being sent for.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 64.29 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

That servitude, Joseph is saying, procured for me this position. That sale brought me to this prominence. That distress proved the occasion of this honor for me. That envy produced this glory for me. Let us not simply hear this but also emulate it. In the same way let us comfort those badly disposed to us, relieving them of responsibility for what has been done to us and putting up with everything with great equanimity, like this remarkable man.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Haste you, and go up to my father,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Joseph knew that his father would not want to stay in that part of the land of Egypt where the royal palace was. Therefore he now informed him that he will settle him in the land of Goshen.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 45:10:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • מַהֲרוּ֮hurry

    maharuH4116 →68 times

  • וַעֲל֣וּand go up

    vaaluH5927 →890 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אָבִי֒father my

    ʾaviH1 →1212 times

  • וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣םand you will say

    vaamartemH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָ֗יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • כֹּ֤הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַר֙he says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • בִּנְךָ֣son your

    binkhaH1121 →4930 times

  • יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • שָׂמַ֧נִיhe has appointed me

    samaniH7760 →584 times

  • אֱלֹהִ֛יםGod

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • לְאָד֖וֹןto lord

    leadonH113 →333 times

  • לְכָל־of all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • רְדָ֥הcome down !

    redahH3381 →381 times

  • אֵלַ֖יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • אַֽל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • תַּעֲמֹֽד׃you delay

    taamodH5975 →521 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 45:13

    Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”

    it leads to

    • Acts 7:14

      Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

    • 1 Peter 1:10–12

      Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

    • Revelation 21:23

      And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

    • John 17:24

      Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

About Genesis

Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 45 →

This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, ON JOSEPH 12.70-73; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 64.29; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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