Genesis 45:16

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her.

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you; dwell wherever it pleases you.

Genesis 34:18

Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

Genesis 41:33

So now let Pharaoh seek out and provide a man discreet, understanding, proficient, and wise and set him over the land of Egypt [as governor].

Genesis 41:37

And the plan seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

Genesis 45:15

Moreover, he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers conversed with him.

Genesis 45:17

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Tell your brothers this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,

2 Samuel 3:36

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

2 Chronicles 30:4

The new time pleased the king and all the assembly.

Esther 1:21

This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did what Memucan proposed.

Esther 2:4

And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. This pleased the king, and he did so.

Esther 5:14

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits [seventy-five feet] high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mordecai may be hanged on it; then you go in merrily with the king to the dinner. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made.

Acts 6:5

And the suggestion pleased the whole assembly, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith (a strong and welcome belief that Jesus is the Messiah) and full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte (convert) from Antioch.

Acts 7:13

And on their second visit Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh and his origin and race. [Gen. 45:1-4.]

Deuteronomy 1:33

Who went in the way before you to search out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.