Genesis 45:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴ Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they did so. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me,” and they moved closer. He said, “I’m your brother Joseph! The one you sold to Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he said to them mildly, "Approach toward me." And when they had approached close by, he said: "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:4 Cross References

Genesis 37:28

9 And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Genesis 50:18

0 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Matthew 14:27

5 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent into all that country, and brought to him all that were diseased.

Acts 7:9

7 And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 9:5

3 But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.