Genesis 45:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When Pharaoh’s household heard the message “Joseph’s brothers have arrived,” both Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And it was overheard, and the news spread by word throughout the king's court. The brothers of Joseph had arrived, and Pharaoh was gladdened along with all his family.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And it was heard, and the fame was abroad in the king's court: The brethren of Joseph are come. And Pharao with all his family was glad.

Genesis 45:16 Cross References

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Genesis 34:18

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

Genesis 41:33

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:37

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Genesis 45:15

And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Genesis 45:17

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

2 Samuel 3:36

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.

Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Esther 2:4

and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 7:13

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.