Quotes about Brothers
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
- Genesis 47:5
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
- Genesis 47:6
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- Genesis 47:11
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
- Genesis 47:12
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Genesis 48:5
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
- Genesis 48:6
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
- Genesis 49:5
Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Genesis 49:8
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- Genesis 49:26
along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
- Genesis 50:8
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
- Genesis 50:15
His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
- Genesis 50:18