GE-45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them
that
stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
And
there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known
unto his
brethren.
GE-45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of
Pharaoh
heard.
GE-45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth
my
father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they
were
troubled at his presence.
GE-45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I
pray
you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother,
whom
ye sold into Egypt.
GE-45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves,
that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve
life.
GE-45:6 For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the
land: and
yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither
[be]
earing nor harvest.
GE-45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity
in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
GE-45:8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God:
and
he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,
and a
ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
GE-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:
GE-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:
GE-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.
GE-45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.
GE-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.
GE-45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept;
and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
GE-45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon
them: and
after that his brethren talked with him.
GE-45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house,
saying,
Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
GE-45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren,
This do
ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
GE-45:18 And take your father and your households, and come
unto me:
and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall
eat
the fat of the land.
GE-45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons
out of
the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and
bring
your father, and come.
GE-45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the
land of
Egypt [is] yours.
GE-45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them
wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way.
GE-45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment;
but to
Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five
changes of
raiment.
GE-45:23 And to his father he sent after this [manner]; ten
asses
laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden
with corn
and bread and meat for his father by the way.
GE-45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and
he said
unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
GE-45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land
of
Canaan unto Jacob their father,
GE-45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he
[is]
governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted,
for he
believed them not.
GE-45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he
had said
unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry
him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
GE-45:28 And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet
alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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