Joseph Meets Benjamin; The Feast

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When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.

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And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?

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Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.

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And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sone.

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And Ioseph made haste (for his affection was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought where to weepe) and entred into his chamber, and wept there.

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Afterward he washed his face, and came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate.

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And they prepared for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians, which did eate with him, by themselues, because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an abomination vnto the Egyptians.

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So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues.

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And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.

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