Génesis 45:1

1 José revela su identidad
José ya no pudo contenerse. Había mucha gente en la sala, y él les dijo a sus asistentes: «¡Salgan todos de aquí!». Así que estuvo a solas con sus hermanos en el momento de decirles quién era.

Génesis 45:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not refrain himself
That he should not weep, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; at least he could not much longer refrain from tears, such an effect Judah's speech had on his passions: before all them that stood before him;
his servants that attended him and waited upon him, the steward of his house, and others, upon whose account he put such a force upon himself, to keep in his passions from giving vent, that they might not discover the inward motions of his mind; but not being able to conceal them any longer, and he cried;
or called out with a loud voice, and an air of authority: cause every man to go out from me;
out of the room in which he and his brethren were; perhaps this order was given to the steward of the house to depart himself, and to remove every inferior officer and servant upon the spot; or other people that might be come in to hear the trial of those men, and to see how they would be dealt with: and there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto
his brethren;
not that Joseph was ashamed of them, and of owning before them the relation he stood in to them; but that they might not see the confusion his brethren would be thrown into, and have knowledge of the sin they had been guilty of in selling him which could not fail of being mentioned by him, and confessed by them; and besides, it was not suitable to his grandeur and dignity to be seen in such an extreme passion he was now going into.

Génesis 45:1 In-Context

1 José revela su identidad
José ya no pudo contenerse. Había mucha gente en la sala, y él les dijo a sus asistentes: «¡Salgan todos de aquí!». Así que estuvo a solas con sus hermanos en el momento de decirles quién era.

2 Entonces perdió el control y se echó a llorar. Lloraba con tanta fuerza que los egipcios podían oírlo, y la noticia pronto llegó hasta el palacio del faraón.

3 «¡Soy José! —dijo a sus hermanos—. ¿Vive mi padre todavía?». ¡Pero sus hermanos se quedaron mudos! Estaban atónitos al darse cuenta de que tenían a José frente a ellos.

4 «Por favor, acérquense», les dijo. Entonces ellos se acercaron, y él volvió a decirles: «Soy José, su hermano, a quien ustedes vendieron como esclavo en Egipto.

5 Pero no se inquieten ni se enojen con ustedes mismos por haberme vendido. Fue Dios quien me envió a este lugar antes que ustedes, a fin de preservarles la vida.