Genesis 45:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:”
Genesis 45:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 45:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 45:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.”
Genesis 45:9 — World English Bible
Genesis 45:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not; ”
Genesis 45:9 — American Standard Version
Genesis 45:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,”
Genesis 45:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 45:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph:God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not. ”
Genesis 45:9 — Darby Translation
Genesis 45:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Haste you and go vp to my father, and tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.”
Genesis 45:9 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 45:9 in Context — Genesis 45
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
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What Does Genesis 45:9 Mean?
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