Genesis 45:1

Translations

Modern

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Traditional

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Literal

And Joseph was not able to restrain himself before all those who were standing by him, and he cried out, “Make go out every man from me!” And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Latin

Non se poterat ultra cohibere Joseph multis coram astantibus: unde præcepit ut egrederentur cuncti foras, et nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Notes

Genesis 45:1–15

In one of the book's most dramatic scenes, Joseph told his brothers who he was. This brought the process of reconciling with them to a climax (see also 50:14–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Related verses

Matthew 18:15
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Genesis 43:30–31
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Isaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
Acts 10:41
…not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
1 Corinthians 13:5
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Benjamin: Son of Jacob by Rachel: Taken Into Egypt Brother: Joseph's, for his Brethren Egypt: Israel in Joseph Makes Himself Known to his Brethren Joseph: Son of Jacob: Reveals Himself to his Brothers Select Readings: Joseph Revealing his Identity

Genesis 45:1

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