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Genesis 45:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. "
Genesis 45:23
Verse in Context
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21 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
23 He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
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Genesis 45:1
"Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers."
Genesis 45:2
"He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard."
Genesis 45:3
"Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence."
Genesis 45:4
"Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt."
Genesis 45:5
"Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life."
Genesis 45:6
"For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest."
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