1
Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2
And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard 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.
4
So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, I pray you." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom 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.
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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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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So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.