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And Joseph could not hold··himself··back before▫ all who were standing◦ by◦ him; and he called, Cause every man◦ to go··out from by◦ me! And there stood not a man◦ with◦ him while▵ Joseph made· himself ·known to▵ his brothers.
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And he gave··over his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
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And Joseph said to▵ his brothers, I◦ am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were vexed before him.
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And Joseph said to▵ his brothers, Approach me, I pray◦. And they approached. And he said, I◦ am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
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And now be· not ·grieved, neither be··incensed in your eyes, that you sold me hither; for God sent me before you for keeping··alive.
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For this two··years the famine is in the midst◦ of the land; and there are still five years wherein◦ there will be no plowing and harvest.
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And God sent me before you to set for you a residue in the land, and to make· you ·live for a great deliverance.
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And now it is not you◦ who have sent me hither, but◦ God; and He set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for a lord to all his house, and I rule in all the land of Egypt.
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Hasten ye and go··up to▵ my father, and say to▵ him, Thus has said thy son Joseph, God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come··down to▵ me, stand not back;
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and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to▵ me, thou◦, and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast◦;
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and I will sustain thee there; for there are still five years of famine; lest thou be dispossessed, thou◦, and thy house, and all that thou hast◦.
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And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that with my mouth I am speaking to▵ you.
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And you shall tell my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and hasten ye and bring··down my father hither.
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And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s necks and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his necks.*
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And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them; and afterwards his brothers spoke with◦ him.
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And the voice was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, The brothers of Joseph have come; and it was··good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants.
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And Pharaoh said to▵ Joseph, Say to▵ thy brothers, This do ye; pack◦ your beasts, and go, go··into the land of Canaan;
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and take your father, and your houses*, and come to▵ me; and I will give you the goodness of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
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And now commanded, this do; take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your infants, and for your women, and take··up your father, and come.
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And let not your eye be sparing upon your vessels; for the goodness of the all the land of Egypt, it◦ is for you.
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And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts, by◦ the mouth of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
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And to all of them he gave to a man◦ changes of raiment; and to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
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And to his father he sent according··to this manner: ten donkeys bearing what was from the goodness of Egypt, and ten she··donkeys bearing grain◦ and bread and nourishment◦ for his father for the way.
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And he sent his brothers, and they went; and he said to▵ them, Contend▵ not in the way.
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And they went··up out··of Egypt, and came··into the land of Canaan to▵ Jacob their father.
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And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. And his heart failed, because◦ he believed them not.
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And they spoke to▵ him all the words of Joseph, which he spoke to▵ them; and he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to bear him, and the spirit of Jacob their father lived;
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and Israel said, It is much; Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before◦ I die.
