45Joseph was no longer able to control his feelings in front of his servants, so he ordered them all to leave the room. No one else was with him when Joseph told his brothers who he was.H3130H3201H662H5324H7121H3318H376H3318H5975H376H3130H3045H2512He cried with such loud sobs that the Egyptians heard it, and the news was taken to the king's palace.H6963H1065H5414H4714H1004H6547H8085H80853Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But when his brothers heard this, they were so terrified that they could not answer.H3130H559H251H3130H1H2416H251H3201H6030H926H64404Then Joseph said to them, "Please come closer." They did, and he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.H3130H559H251H5066H5066H559H3130H251H4376H47145Now do not be upset or blame yourselves because you sold me here. It was really God who sent me ahead of you to save people's lives.H6087H2734H5869H4376H430H7971H6440H42416This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.H8141H7458H7130H776H2568H8141H369H2758H71057God sent me ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and your descendants survive.H430H7971H6440H7760H7611H776H2421H1419H64138So it was not really you who sent me here, but God. He has made me the king's highest official. I am in charge of his whole country; I am the ruler of all Egypt.H7971H430H7760H1H6547H113H1004H4910H776H47149"Now hurry back to my father and tell him that this is what his son Joseph says: 'God has made me ruler of all Egypt; come to me without delay.H4116H5927H1H559H559H1121H3130H430H7760H113H4714H3381H597510You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me - you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have.H3427H776H1657H7138H1121H1121H1121H6629H124111If you are in Goshen, I can take care of you. There will still be five years of famine; and I do not want you, your family, and your livestock to starve.' "H3557H2568H8141H7458H1004H342312Joseph continued, "Now all of you, and you too, Benjamin, can see that I am really Joseph.H5869H7200H5869H251H1144H6310H169613Tell my father how powerful I am here in Egypt and tell him about everything that you have seen. Then hurry and bring him here."H5046H1H3519H4714H7200H4116H3381H114He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and began to cry; Benjamin also cried as he hugged him.H5307H251H1144H6677H1058H1144H1058H667715Then, still weeping, he embraced each of his brothers and kissed them. After that, his brothers began to talk with him.H5401H251H1058H310H251H169616When the news reached the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were pleased.H6963H8085H6547H1004H559H3130H251H935H3190H5869H6547H3190H5869H5869H565017He said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers to load their animals and to return to the land of Canaan.H6547H559H3130H559H251H6213H2943H1165H3212H935H776H366718Let them get their father and their families and come back here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will have more than enough to live on.H3947H1H1004H935H5414H2898H776H4714H398H2459H77619Tell them also to take wagons with them from Egypt for their wives and small children and to bring their father with them.H6680H6213H3947H5699H776H4714H2945H802H5375H1H93520They are not to worry about leaving their possessions behind; the best in the whole land of Egypt will be theirs."H5869H2347H3627H2898H776H471421Jacob's sons did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons, as the king had ordered, and food for the trip.H1121H3478H6213H3130H5414H5699H6310H6547H5414H6720H187022He also gave each of them a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.H5414H376H2487H8071H1144H5414H7969H3967H3701H2568H2487H807123He sent his father ten donkeys loaded with the best Egyptian goods and ten donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for the trip.H1H7971H2063H6235H860H5375H2898H4714H6235H2543H5375H1250H3899H4202H1H187024He sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way."H7971H251H7971H3212H559H7264H187025They left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in Canaan.H5927H4714H935H776H3667H3290H126"Joseph is still alive!" they told him. "He is the ruler of all Egypt!" Jacob was stunned and could not believe them.H5046H559H3130H2416H4910H776H4714H3820H6313H53927But when they told him all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, he recovered from the shock.H1696H1697H3130H1696H7200H5699H3130H7971H5375H7307H3290H1H242128"My son Joseph is still alive!" he said. "This is all I could ask for! I must go and see him before I die."H3478H559H7227H3130H1121H2416H3212H7200H4191
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