Genesis 45:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, I pray you.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

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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

Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 50:18

His brothers also came and fell down before him, and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

Matthew 14:27

But immediately he spoke to them, saying, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

Acts 9:5

And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;