Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 45:9 in context
Genesis 45:6–12
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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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God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
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So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.
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You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
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There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’
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Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
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