Joseph Reveals His Identity

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Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

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And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

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For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

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God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

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You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

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And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

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