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And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth , `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren ,
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and he giveth forth his voice in weeping , and the Egyptians hear , and the house of Pharaoh heareth .
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And Joseph saith unto his brethren , `I [am] Joseph , is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.
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And Joseph saith unto his brethren , `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh ; and he saith , `I [am] Joseph , your brother , whom ye sold into Egypt ;
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and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.
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`Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land , and yet [are] five years, [in] which there is neither ploughing nor harvest ;
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and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land , and to give life to you by a great escape;
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and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God , and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh , and for lord to all his house , and ruler over all the land of Egypt .
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`Haste , and go up unto my father , then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son , God hath set me for lord to all Egypt ; come down unto me, stay not,
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and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen , and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock , and thy herd , and all that thou hast,
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and I have nourished thee there -- for yet [are] five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household , and all that thou hast.
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`And lo, your eyes are seeing , and the eyes of my brother Benjamin , that [it is] my mouth which is speaking unto you;
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and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt , and all that ye have seen , and ye have hasted , and have brought down my father hither.'
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And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother , and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck ;
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and he kisseth all his brethren , and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.
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And the sound hath been heard in the house of Pharaoh , saying, `Come have the brethren of Joseph ;' and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh , and in the eyes of his servants ,
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and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph , `Say unto thy brethren , This do ye: lade your beasts, and go , enter ye the land of Canaan ,
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and take your father , and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt , and eat ye the fat of the land .
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`Yea, thou -- thou hast been commanded : this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt , waggons for your infants, and for your wives , and ye have brought your father , and come ;
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and your eye hath no pity on your vessels , for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.'
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And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph giveth waggons to them by the command of Pharaoh , and he giveth to them provision for the way ;
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to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments , and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments ;
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and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt , and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread , even food for his father for the way .
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And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way .'
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And they go up out of Egypt , and come in to the land of Canaan , unto Jacob their father ,
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and they declare to him, saying, `Joseph [is] yet alive,' and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt ; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them.
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And they speak unto him all the words of Joseph , which he hath spoken unto them, and he seeth the waggons which Joseph hath sent to bear him away, and live doth the spirit of Jacob their father ;
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and Israel saith , `Enough ! Joseph my son [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die .'