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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
.
45:2
And he
wept aloud
: and the
Egyptian
s and the house of
Pharaoh
heard.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
:
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
:
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
.
45:12
And,
behold
, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that
it is my mouth that speaketh unto you
.
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.
45:14
And he
fell upon his brother
Benjamin's neck
, and wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his neck
.
45:15
Moreover
he kissed all his brethren
, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren
talk
ed with him.
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.
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
;
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
.
45:19
Now
thou art commanded, this do ye
; take you
wagon
s out of
the land of Egypt
for your
little ones
, and for your wives, and
bring your father, and come
.
45:20
Also
regard not your stuff
; for
the good
of
all the land
of
Egypt
is yours.
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
45:25
And they went up
out of Egypt
, and came into
the land
of
Canaan
unto
Jacob
their
father
, 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.
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
revive
d:
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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