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“Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he couldn’t believe it.

Jan 26

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you must do: Load your pack animals, and hurry back to the land of Canaan. Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.’”

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:15 NLT

Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers and wept over them, and after that they began talking freely with him.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:14 NLT

Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:13 NLT

Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.”

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:10 NLT

You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me with all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:8 NLT

So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:9 NLT

“Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:7 NLT

God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:6 NLT

This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:5 NLT

But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:4 NLT

“Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:3 NLT

“I am Joseph!” he said to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless! They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:2 NLT

Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh’s palace.

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:28 NLT

Then Jacob exclaimed, “It must be true! My son Joseph is alive! I must go and see him before I die.”

Jan 26

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highlighted Genesis 45:22 NLT

And he gave each of them new clothes—but to Benjamin he gave five changes of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.

Jan 26

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highlighted Song of Solomon 3:4 NLT

Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house, into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.

Jan 25

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highlighted Song of Solomon 3:2 NLT

So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.

Jan 25

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highlighted Song of Solomon 3:5 NLT

Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.

Jan 25

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highlighted Song of Solomon 3:7 NLT

Look, it is Solomon’s carriage, surrounded by sixty heroic men, the best of Israel’s soldiers.

Jan 25

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