Genesis 45:16 meaning and explanation
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
Genesis 45:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh and his household had already heard Joseph weeping (verse 2), so the news that his brothers had arrived completed the story. The verse notes that Pharaoh and his servants were pleased, an unexpected kindness toward a family of foreign herders who had sold their brother into slavery.
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