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So Joseph said to his brothers , "
Come near to me ,
I pray you ."
And they came near .
And he said , "
I am your brother ,
Joseph ,
whom you sold into Egypt .
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And now do not be distressed ,
or angry with yourselves ,
because you sold me here ;
for God sent me before you to preserve life .
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For the famine has been in the land these two years ;
and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest .
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And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth ,
and to keep alive for you many survivors .
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So it was not you who sent me here ,
but God ;
and he has made me a father to Pharaoh ,
and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt .