Quotes about Genesis

We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.

The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.

So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.