Genesis 45:2 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 45:2

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

KJV

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ASV

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

WEB

But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.

YLT

and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.

DBT

And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

About this book

Old Testament

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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10 verses on the floor

Genesis 29:11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Ruth 1:9
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Acts 20:37
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

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He very abruptly (as one uneasy till it was out) tells them who he was: I am Joseph. They knew him only by his Egyptian name, Zaphnath-paaneah, his Hebrew name being lost and forgotten in Egypt; but now he teaches them to call him by that: I am Joseph; nay, that they might not suspect it was another of the same name, he explains himself (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

he wept aloud--No doubt, from the fulness of highly excited feelings; but to indulge in vehement and long-continued transports of sobbing is the usual way in which the Orientals express their grief.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GEN 45:2RUT 1:9 ACT 20:37
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 45:2RUT 1:9 RUT 3:1
GEN 45:2GEN 46:29 LUK 15:20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 45:22KI 20:3 NEH 13:22
GEN 45:2RUT 1:9 GEN 29:11
GEN 45:22KI 20:3 NEH 13:14
GEN 45:2RUT 1:9 GEN 27:27
GEN 45:22KI 20:3 NEH 5:19

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