Genesis 45:1
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.
KJV
Non se poterat ultra cohibere Joseph multis coram astantibus : unde præcepit ut egrederentur cuncti foras, et nullus interesset alienus agnitioni mutuæ.
Vulgate
Καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο Ἰωσὴφ ἀνέχεσθαι πάντων τῶν παρεστηκότων αὐτῷ, ἀλλ’ εἶπεν Ἐξαποστείλατε πάντας ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· καὶ οὐ παριστήκει οὐδεὶς ἔτι τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἡνίκα ἀνεγνωρίζετο Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/לֹֽא יָכֹ֨ל יוֹסֵ֜ף לְ/הִתְאַפֵּ֗ק לְ/כֹ֤ל הַ/נִּצָּבִים֙ עָלָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּקְרָ֕א הוֹצִ֥יאוּ כָל אִ֖ישׁ מֵ/עָלָ֑/י וְ/לֹא עָ֤מַד אִישׁ֙ אִתּ֔/וֹ בְּ/הִתְוַדַּ֥ע יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶל אֶחָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Then Joseph could not refrain himself. Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren is deeply moving, and illustrates the reconciling grace of God. His declaration that God sent him before them to preserve life shows a profound understanding of providence. In all the evil his brothers intended, God was working out his sovereign purpose. This is the clearest Old Testament illu…
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 13:9 — And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
- Gen 43:30 — And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
- Gen 43:31 — And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
- Isa 42:14 — I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Jer 31:16 — Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
- John 11:33 — When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Matt 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.