Genesis:45

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* Then could Joseph not refrain himself before all those that stood by him ; and he cried , Cause every man to go out from me . And there remained no man with him , while Joseph made himself known unto his brothers . * And he raised his voice in weeping ; and the Egyptians heard it , and the house of Pharaoh heard it . * And Joseph said unto his brothers , I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brothers could not answer him ; for they were terrified at his presence . * And Joseph said unto his brothers , Come near to me , I pray you ; and they came near ; and he said , I am Joseph your brother , whom ye sold into Egypt . * But now be not grieved , nor be angry with yourselves , that ye sold me hither ; for in order to preserve life did God send me before you . * For these two years hath the famine been already in the land ; and there are yet five years , in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvesting . * And God hath thus sent me before you to prepare for you a permanence on the earth , and to save your lives by a great deliverance . * So now it was not you that sent me hither , but God ; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh , and a lord for all his house , and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt . * Haste ye , and go up to my father , and say unto him , Thus hath said thy son Joseph , God hath made me lord of all Egypt ; come down unto me , tarry not . * 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 is thine . * And I will maintain thee there ; for there are yet five years of famine ; lest thou , and thy household , and all that thou hast , come to poverty . * And , behold , your own eyes see , and the eyes of my brother Benjamin , that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you . * And ye shall tell my father of all my honor in Egypt , and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall hasten and bring down my father hither . * And he fell upon his brother Benjamin ’s neck , and wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck . * And he kissed all his brothers , and wept upon them ; and after that his brothers spoke with him . * And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh ’s house , saying , Joseph ’s brothers are come ; and it was pleasing in the eyes of Pharaoh , and in the eyes of his servants . * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , Say unto thy brothers , This do ye ; load your beasts , and go , get you unto the land of Canaan ; * And take your father and your households , and come unto me ; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt , and ye shall eat the fat of the land . * And thou art commanded , This do ye , take unto yourselves out of the land of Egypt wagons for your little ones , and for your wives , and take up your father , and come . * And do ye feel no concern on account of your household goods ; for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours . * And the children of Israel did so ; and Joseph gave them wagons , according to the command of Pharaoh ; and he gave them provision for the way . * To all of them he gave to each changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver , and five changes of raiment . * And to his father he sent after this manner : ten asses laden with the best things of Egypt , and ten she –asses laden with corn and bread and other food for his father , for the journey . * And he accompanied his brothers on the way , and they departed : and he said unto them , Do not fall out by the way . * And they went out of Egypt , and came into the land of Canaan , unto Jacob their father . * And they told him , saying , Joseph is yet alive ; and that he is governor over all the land of Egypt . But his heart remained cold , for he believed them not . * But when 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 . * And Israel said , Enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die .

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