Genesis 45:28 - Prayer Tents

45Joseph couldn't hold himself in any longer, keeping up a front before all his attendants. He cried out, "Leave! Clear out—everyone leave!" So there was no one with Joseph when he identified himself to his brothers.H3130H3201H662H5324H7121H3318H376H3318H5975H376H3130H3045H251 2But his sobbing was so violent that the Egyptians couldn't help but hear him. The news was soon reported to Pharaoh's palace.H6963H1065H5414H4714H1004H6547H8085H8085 3Joseph spoke to his brothers: "I am Joseph. Is my father really still alive?" But his brothers couldn't say a word. They were speechless—they couldn't believe what they were hearing and seeing.H3130H559H251H3130H1H2416H251H3201H6030H926H6440 4"Come closer to me," Joseph said to his brothers. They came closer. "I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt.H3130H559H251H5066H5066H559H3130H251H4376H4714 5But don't feel badly, don't blame yourselves for selling me. God was behind it. God sent me here ahead of you to save lives.H6087H2734H5869H4376H430H7971H6440H4241 6There has been a famine in the land now for two years; the famine will continue for five more years—neither plowing nor harvesting.H8141H7458H7130H776H2568H8141H369H2758H7105 7God sent me on ahead to pave the way and make sure there was a remnant in the land, to save your lives in an amazing act of deliverance.H430H7971H6440H7760H7611H776H2421H1419H6413 8So you see, it wasn't you who sent me here but God. He set me in place as a father to Pharaoh, put me in charge of his personal affairs, and made me ruler of all Egypt.H7971H430H7760H1H6547H113H1004H4910H776H4714 9"Hurry back to my father. Tell him, 'Your son Joseph says: I'm master of all of Egypt. Come as fast as you can and join me here.H4116H5927H1H559H559H1121H3130H430H7760H113H4714H3381H5975 10I'll give you a place to live in Goshen where you'll be close to me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and anything else you can think of.H3427H776H1657H7138H1121H1121H1121H6629H1241 11I'll take care of you there completely. There are still five more years of famine ahead; I'll make sure all your needs are taken care of, you and everyone connected with you—you won't want for a thing.'H3557H2568H8141H7458H1004H3423 12"Look at me. You can see for yourselves, and my brother Benjamin can see for himself, that it's me, my own mouth, telling you all this.H5869H7200H5869H251H1144H6310H1696 13Tell my father all about the high position I hold in Egypt, tell him everything you've seen here, but don't take all day—hurry up and get my father down here."H5046H1H3519H4714H7200H4116H3381H1 14Then Joseph threw himself on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.H5307H251H1144H6677H1058H1144H1058H6677 15He then kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Only then were his brothers able to talk with him.H5401H251H1058H310H251H1696 16The story was reported in Pharaoh's palace: "Joseph's brothers have come." It was good news to Pharaoh and all who worked with him.H6963H8085H6547H1004H559H3130H251H935H3190H5869H6547H3190H5869H5869H5650 17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'This is the plan: Load up your pack animals; go to Canaan,H6547H559H3130H559H251H6213H2943H1165H3212H935H776H3667 18get your father and your families and bring them back here. I'll settle you on the best land in Egypt—you'll live off the fat of the land.'H3947H1H1004H935H5414H2898H776H4714H398H2459H776 19"Also tell them this: 'Here's what I want you to do: Take wagons from Egypt to carry your little ones and your wives and load up your father and come back.H6680H6213H3947H5699H776H4714H2945H802H5375H1H935 20Don't worry about having to leave things behind; the best in all of Egypt will be yours.'"H5869H2347H3627H2898H776H4714 21And they did just that, the sons of Israel. Joseph gave them the wagons that Pharaoh had promised and food for the trip.H1121H3478H6213H3130H5414H5699H6310H6547H5414H6720H1870 22He outfitted all the brothers in brand-new clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and several suits of clothes.H5414H376H2487H8071H1144H5414H7969H3967H3701H2568H2487H8071 23He sent his father these gifts: ten donkeys loaded with Egypt's best products and another ten donkeys loaded with grain and bread, provisions for his father's journey back.H1H7971H2063H6235H860H5375H2898H4714H6235H2543H5375H1250H3899H4202H1H1870 24Then he sent his brothers off. As they left he told them, "Take it easy on the journey; try to get along with each other."H7971H251H7971H3212H559H7264H1870 25They left Egypt and went back to their father Jacob in Canaan.H5927H4714H935H776H3667H3290H1 26When they told him, "Joseph is still alive—and he's the ruler over the whole land of Egypt!" he went numb; he couldn't believe his ears.H5046H559H3130H2416H4910H776H4714H3820H6313H539 27But the more they talked, telling him everything that Joseph had told them and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the blood started to flow again—their father Jacob's spirit revived.H1696H1697H3130H1696H7200H5699H3130H7971H5375H7307H3290H1H2421 28Israel said, "I've heard enough—my son Joseph is still alive. I've got to go and see him before I die."H3478H559H7227H3130H1121H2416H3212H7200H4191