Genesis 45

Question 1

Genesis 45:1

Answer 1

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Question 2

Genesis 45:2

Answer 2

And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

Question 3

Genesis 45:3

Answer 3

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

Question 4

Genesis 45:4

Answer 4

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!

Question 5

Genesis 45:5

Answer 5

And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.

Question 6

Genesis 45:6

Answer 6

For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.

Question 7

Genesis 45:7

Answer 7

But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Question 8

Genesis 45:8

Answer 8

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

Question 9

Genesis 45:9

Answer 9

Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.

Question 10

Genesis 45:10

Answer 10

You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me - you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

Question 11

Genesis 45:11

Answer 11

I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’

Question 12

Genesis 45:12

Answer 12

“You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

Question 13

Genesis 45:13

Answer 13

Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”

Question 14

Genesis 45:14

Answer 14

Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.

Question 15

Genesis 45:15

Answer 15

And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

Question 16

Genesis 45:16

Answer 16

When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.

Question 17

Genesis 45:17

Answer 17

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,

Question 18

Genesis 45:18

Answer 18

and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’

Question 19

Genesis 45:19

Answer 19

“You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come.

Question 20

Genesis 45:20

Answer 20

Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’”

Question 21

Genesis 45:21

Answer 21

So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

Question 22

Genesis 45:22

Answer 22

To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

Question 23

Genesis 45:23

Answer 23

And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.

Question 24

Genesis 45:24

Answer 24

Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”

Question 25

Genesis 45:25

Answer 25

So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

Question 26

Genesis 45:26

Answer 26

They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

Question 27

Genesis 45:27

Answer 27

But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Question 28

Genesis 45:28

Answer 28

And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”