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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