Genesis 45
- 1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all those who 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 to his brothers.
- 2And he wept aloud. And the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
- 3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.
- 4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.
- 5Now therefore do not be grieved, or angry with yourselves, that you sold me here. For God did send me before you to preserve life.
- 6For these two years has the famine been in the land. And yet there are five years, in which there shall not be plowing or harvest.
- 7And God sent me before you to preserve you a descendants in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- 8So now it was not you that sent me here, but God. And he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
- 9Hurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says this, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not stay.
- 10And you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have.
- 11And there I will nourish you, for yet there are five years of famine. Or else you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.
- 12And your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
- 13And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring down my father here.
- 14And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept. And Benjamin wept on his neck.
- 15Also he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. And after that his brothers talked with him.
- 16And its fame was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
- 17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, This do you. Load your beasts, and go to the land of Canaan.
- 18And take your father and your households, and come to me. And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
- 19Now you are commanded, this do you. Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
- 20Also do not regard your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
- 21And the children of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
- 22To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing. But to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.
- 23And to his father he sent after this manner. Ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she donkeys loaded with grain and bread and food for his father by the way.
- 24So he sent his brothers away, and they left. And he said to them, See that you do not fall out by the way.
- 25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father,
- 26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
- 27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
- 28And Israel said, It is enough. Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 45 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen Joseph could not refrain himself before all those who 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 to his brothers.
KJVAnd he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
GIGAKJVAnd he wept aloud. And the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.
KJVAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.
KJVNow therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
GIGAKJVNow therefore do not be grieved, or angry with yourselves, that you sold me here. For God did send me before you to preserve life.
KJVFor these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
GIGAKJVFor these two years has the famine been in the land. And yet there are five years, in which there shall not be plowing or harvest.
KJVAnd God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
GIGAKJVAnd God sent me before you to preserve you a descendants in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
KJVSo now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
GIGAKJVSo now it was not you that sent me here, but God. And he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
KJVHaste 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:
GIGAKJVHurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says this, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not stay.
KJVAnd thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have.
KJVAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
GIGAKJVAnd there I will nourish you, for yet there are five years of famine. Or else you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.
KJVAnd, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
GIGAKJVAnd your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
KJVAnd ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring down my father here.
KJVAnd he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
GIGAKJVAnd he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept. And Benjamin wept on his neck.
KJVMoreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
GIGAKJVAlso he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. And after that his brothers talked with him.
KJVAnd the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
GIGAKJVAnd its fame was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
KJVAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
GIGAKJVAnd Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, This do you. Load your beasts, and go to the land of Canaan.
KJVAnd take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
GIGAKJVAnd take your father and your households, and come to me. And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
KJVNow thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
GIGAKJVNow you are commanded, this do you. Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
KJVAlso regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's.
GIGAKJVAlso do not regard your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
KJVAnd the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
GIGAKJVAnd the children of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
KJVTo all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
GIGAKJVTo all of them he gave each man changes of clothing. But to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.
KJVAnd to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
GIGAKJVAnd to his father he sent after this manner. Ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she donkeys loaded with grain and bread and food for his father by the way.
KJVSo he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
GIGAKJVSo he sent his brothers away, and they left. And he said to them, See that you do not fall out by the way.
KJVAnd they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
GIGAKJVAnd they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father,
KJVAnd told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
GIGAKJVAnd told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
KJVAnd they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
GIGAKJVAnd they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
KJVAnd Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel said, It is enough. Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.
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