GENESIS Chapter 45
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45:1 Joseph 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. |
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45:2 He cried with
such loud sobs that the Egyptians heard it, and the news was taken to the
king's palace. |
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45:3 Joseph 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. |
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45:4
Then Joseph
said to them, "Please come closer." They did, and he said, "I
am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. |
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45:5 Now 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. |
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45:6 This 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. |
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45:7 God sent me
ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and
your descendants survive. |
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45:8 So 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. |
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45:9 "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. |
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45:10 You 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. |
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45:11 If 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.' " |
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45:12 Joseph
continued, "Now all of you, and you too, Benjamin, can see that I am
really Joseph. |
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45:13 Tell my father
how powerful I am here in Egypt and tell him about everything that you have
seen. Then hurry and bring him here." |
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45:14 He threw his
arms around his brother Benjamin and began to cry; Benjamin also cried as he
hugged him. |
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45:15 Then, still weeping,
he embraced each of his brothers and kissed them. After that, his brothers
began to talk with him. |
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45:16 When the news
reached the palace that Joseph's brothers had come,
the king and his officials were pleased. |
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45:17 He said to
Joseph, "Tell your brothers to load their animals and to return to the
land of Canaan. |
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45:18 Let 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. |
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45:19 Tell them also
to take wagons with them from Egypt for their wives and small children and to
bring their father with them. |
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45:20 They are not
to worry about leaving their possessions behind; the best in the whole land
of Egypt will be theirs." |
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45:21 Jacob's sons
did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons, as
the king had ordered, and food for the trip. |
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45:22 He also gave
each of them a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces
of silver and five changes of clothes. |
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45:23 He sent his
father ten donkeys loaded with the best Egyptian goods and ten donkeys loaded
with grain, bread, and other food for the trip. |
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45:24 He sent his
brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the
way." |
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45:25 They left
Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in Canaan. |
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45:26 "Joseph
is still alive!" they told him. "He is the ruler of all
Egypt!" Jacob was stunned and could not believe them. |
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45:27 But 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. |
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45:28 "My son
Joseph is still alive!" he said. "This is all I could ask for! I
must go and see him before I die." |
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