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1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
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Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.
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And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
3 And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
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Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
4 So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
5 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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And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
6 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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For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.
7 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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But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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