Genesis 45:12
Strong's Lexicon
Behold !
וְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

You
עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (‘ê·nê·ḵem)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

and my brother
אָחִ֣י (’ā·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

Benjamin
בִנְיָמִ֑ין (ḇin·yā·mîn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin = 'son of the right hand' 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

can see
רֹא֔וֹת (rō·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

[it is] I, [Joseph],
פִ֖י (p̄î)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

who am speaking
הַֽמְדַבֵּ֥ר (ham·ḏab·bêr)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

with you.
אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking unto you;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin’s eyes can see that it is I , Joseph, who am speaking to you.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin [see], that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

King James Bible
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

New Living Translation
Then Joseph added, "Look! You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that I really am Joseph!

English Standard Version
And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

King James Bible
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin's eyes can see that it is I , Joseph, who am speaking to you.

International Standard Version
"Look, now! All of you can see me! And my own brother Benjamin can tell that it's really me speaking to you!

NET Bible
You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

American Standard Version
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

English Revised Version
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which is speaking unto you;
















Cross References
Genesis 45:11
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

Genesis 45:13
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 45:10
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Genesis 45:9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

Genesis 45:14
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Genesis 45:15
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
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