Genesis 45:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ And the report of it was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Yosĕ

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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.

Genesis 45:16 Cross References

Genesis 16:6

And Aḇ

Genesis 20:15

And Aḇ

Genesis 34:18

And their words pleased Ḥ

Genesis 41:33

“And now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Mitsrayim.

Genesis 41:37

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

Genesis 45:15

And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers spoke with him.

Genesis 45:17

And Pharaoh said to Yosĕ

2 Samuel 3:36

And all the people took note of it, and it was good in their eyes, since whatever the sovereign did was good in the eyes of all the people.

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the matter was right in the eyes of the sovereign and in the eyes of all the assembly.

Esther 1:21

And the word was good in the eyes of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign did according to the word of Memuḵ

Esther 2:4

“And let the young woman who pleases the sovereign be sovereigness instead of Vashti.” And the word pleased the sovereign, and he did so.

Esther 5:14

So his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a stake be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the sovereign that Mordeḵ

Acts 6:5

And the word pleased the entire group. And they chose Stephanos, a man filled with belief and the Set-apart Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nikanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nikolaos, a convert from Antioch,

Acts 7:13

and at the second time Yosĕ

Deuteronomy 1:33

who is going before you in the way to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in fire by night and in a cloud by day.