Genesis 45:16
in Genesis 45When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
KJV
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
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This verse in Genesis 45
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the news reached Pharaoh’s house
on Genesis 45:16-18
Pharaoh and his servants are pleased at the news, and the invitation comes from Pharaoh himself. He gives them the best of Egypt's land and the fat of the land to eat. Exodus 1:8 has a king of Egypt who did not know Joseph, and he holds this family in.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
And Pharaoh rejoiced because Joseph had known his brothers. From there the news spread in Pharaoh's house, and he urged the holy Joseph to invite his brothers to come with their father. He also gives orders that their packs be filled with grain and loaded onto wagons. What can account for such consideration shown to a stranger? Only that a great mystery was being revealed, a mystery the church today does not deny.
When the things that needed to be said between them were finished, the doors of that judgment room were opened. The princes entered rejoicing and the army commanders full of gladness.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He engaged Joseph to send for his father down to Egypt, and promised to furnish them with all conveniences both for his removal thither and his settlement there.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַקֹּ֣ל | vehakol | and the sound | H6963 → | 506 times |
| נִשְׁמַ֗ע | nishma' | it was heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בֵּ֤ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בָּ֖אוּ | bau | they have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֲחֵ֣י | ʾachei | [the] brothers of | H251 → | 630 times |
| יוֹסֵ֑ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| וַיִּיטַב֙ | vaiyitav | and it was good | H3190 → | 117 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| פַרְעֹ֔ה | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וּבְעֵינֵ֖י | uveeinei | and in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| עֲבָדָֽיו׃ | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
וְהַקֹּ֣לand the sound
vehakolH6963 →506 times
נִשְׁמַ֗עit was heard
nishma'H8085 →1159 times
בֵּ֤ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
בָּ֖אוּthey have come
bauH935 →2568 times
אֲחֵ֣י[the] brothers of
ʾacheiH251 →630 times
יוֹסֵ֑ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
וַיִּיטַב֙and it was good
vaiyitavH3190 →117 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
פַרְעֹ֔הPharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
וּבְעֵינֵ֖יand in [the] eyes of
uveeineiH5869 →887 times
עֲבָדָֽיו׃servants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Acts 6:5This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to…
it leads to
- Acts 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
- Acts 21:8
Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
- Acts 8:5–40
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
- Acts 11:24
Through
Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to…
it leads to
- Numbers 10:33
So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a…
- Psalms 78:14
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Numbers 9:15–22
On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
- Numbers 10:33
Through
Genesis 41:33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
it leads to
- Genesis 41:39
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
- Acts 6:3
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- Genesis 41:39
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, ON JOSEPH 13.74; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 40:1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.