Gen 45:16-20, 47:1-3, Act 18:3, Heb 2:11 | ESV | STEP | When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house , Joseph’s brothers have come , it pleased Pharaoh and his servants .

Genesis 45:16-20

16 When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and ^aI will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ 19 And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take ^bwagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Have no concern for ^{▼▼Hebrew Let your eye not pity} your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

Genesis 47:1-3

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

1 So Joseph ^dwent in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in ^ethe land of Goshen.” 2 And from among his brothers he took five men and ^fpresented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, ^g“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, ^h“Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

Acts 18:3

3 and ⁱbecause he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

Hebrews 2:11

11 For ^jhe who sanctifies and ^kthose who are sanctified ^lall have one source. ^{▼▼Greek all are of one} That is why he is not ashamed to call them ⁿbrothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verse 12}