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Genesis 45

Joseph Deals Kindly with His Brothers

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Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." So there  1was no man with him  awhen Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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 aHe  1wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, " aI am Joseph!  bIs my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for  cthey were dismayed at his presence.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come  1closer to me." And they came  1closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you  asold into Egypt.

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"Now do not be grieved or angry  1with yourselves, because  ayou sold me here, for  bGod sent me before you to preserve life.

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"For the famine has been in the land  athese two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

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aGod sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great  1deliverance.

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"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a  afather to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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"Hurry and go up to my father, and  asay to him, `Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

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"You shall  1live in the land of  aGoshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

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"There I will also  aprovide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."'

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

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"Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and  abring my father down here."

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Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and  awept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.

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Now when  athe  1news was heard in Pharaoh's house  2that Joseph's brothers had come, it  3pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, `Do this: load your beasts and  1go to the land of Canaan,

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and take your father and your households and come to me, and  aI will give you the  1best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.'

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"Now you are ordered, `Do this:  1take  awagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come.

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`Do not  1concern yourselves with your goods, for the  2best of all the land of Egypt is yours.' "

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Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them  awagons according to the  1command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

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To  1each of them he gave  achanges of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and  bfive changes of garments.

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To his father he sent  1as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the  2best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father  3on the journey.

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So he sent his brothers away, and  1as they departed, he said to them, "Do not  2quarrel on the journey."

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Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.

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They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But  1he was stunned, for  ahe did not believe them.

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When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and when he saw the  awagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

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Then Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."



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