ASV_Strong : Genesis 45
1. Then Joseph[H3130] could[H3201] not refrain[H662] himself before all them that stood[H5324] by him[H7121]; and he cried, Cause[H3318] every man[H376] to go out[H3318] from me[H5975]. And there stood no man[H376] with him[H3130], while Joseph made himself known[H3045] unto his brethren[H251].
2. And he wept[H6963] aloud[H5414]: and the Egyptians[H4714] heard[H1004], and the house of Pharaoh[H6547] heard[H8085].
3. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], I am Joseph[H3130]; doth my father[H1] yet live[H2416]? And his brethren[H251] could[H3201] not answer[H6030] him[H926]; for they were troubled at his presence[H6440].
4. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], Come near[H5066] to me[H5066], I pray you. And they came near. And he said[H559], I am Joseph[H3130] your brother[H251], whom ye sold[H4376] into Egypt[H4714].
5. And now be not grieved[H6087], nor angry[H2734] with yourselves[H5869], that ye sold[H4376] me hither[H430]: for God did send[H7971] me before you[H6440] to preserve life[H4241].
6. For these two years[H8141] hath the famine[H7458] been in[H7130] the land[H776]: and there are yet five[H2568] years[H8141], in which there shall be neither[H369] plowing[H2758] nor harvest[H7105].
7. And God[H430] sent[H7971] me before you[H6440] to preserve[H7760] you a remnant[H7611] in the earth[H776], and to save you alive[H2421] by a great[H1419] deliverance[H6413].
8. So now it was not you that sent[H7971] me hither[H430], but God: and he hath made[H7760] me a father[H1] to Pharaoh[H6547], and lord[H113] of all his house[H1004], and ruler[H4910] over all the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
9. Haste[H4116] ye[H5927], and go up to my father[H1], and say[H559] unto him[H559], Thus saith thy son[H1121] Joseph[H3130], God[H430] hath made[H7760] me lord[H113] of all Egypt[H4714]: come down[H3381] unto me[H5975], tarry not;
10. and thou shalt dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Goshen[H1657], and thou shalt be near[H7138] unto me[H1121], thou, and thy children, and thy children[H1121]'s children[H1121], and thy flocks[H6629], and thy herds[H1241], and all that thou hast:
11. and there will I nourish[H3557] thee[H2568]; for there are yet five years[H8141] of famine[H7458]; lest thou come to poverty[H3423], thou[H1004], and thy household, and all that thou hast.
12. And[H5869], behold, your eyes see[H7200], and the eyes[H5869] of my brother[H251] Benjamin[H1144], that it is my mouth[H6310] that speaketh unto you[H1696].
13. And ye shall tell[H5046] my father[H1] of all my glory[H3519] in Egypt[H4714], and of all that ye have seen[H7200]: and ye shall haste[H4116] and bring down[H3381] my father hither[H1].
14. And he fell[H5307] upon his brother[H251] Benjamin[H1144]'s neck[H6677], and wept[H1058]; and Benjamin[H1144] wept[H1058] upon his neck[H6677].
15. And he kissed[H5401] all his brethren[H251], and wept[H1058] upon them[H310]: and after that his brethren[H251] talked with him[H1696].
16. And the report[H6963] thereof was heard[H8085] in Pharaoh[H6547]'s house[H1004], saying[H559], Joseph[H3130]'s brethren[H251] are come[H935]: and it pleased[H5869] Pharaoh[H6547] well[H3190], and[H5869] his servants[H5650].
17. And Pharaoh[H6547] said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], Say[H559] unto thy brethren[H251], This do[H6213] ye[H2943]: lade your beasts[H1165], and go[H3212], get[H935] you unto the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667];
18. and take[H3947] your father[H1] and your households[H1004], and come[H935] unto me[H5414]: and I will give you the good[H2898] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and ye shall eat[H398] the fat[H2459] of the land[H776].
19. Now thou art commanded[H6680], this do[H6213] ye[H3947]: take you wagons[H5699] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] for your little ones[H2945], and for your wives[H802], and bring[H5375] your father[H1], and come[H935].
20. Also[H5869] regard[H2347] not your stuff[H3627]; for the good[H2898] of all the land[H776] of Egypt is yours[H4714].
21. And the sons[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did[H6213] so[H3130]: and Joseph gave[H5414] them wagons[H5699], according to the commandment[H6310] of Pharaoh[H6547], and gave[H5414] them provision[H6720] for the way[H1870].
22. To all of them he gave[H5414] each man[H376] changes[H2487] of raiment[H8071]; but to Benjamin[H1144] he gave[H5414] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] pieces of silver[H3701], and five[H2568] changes[H2487] of raiment[H8071].
23. And to his father[H1] he sent[H7971] after this[H2063] manner[H6235]: ten asses[H860] laden[H5375] with the good things[H2898] of Egypt[H4714], and ten[H6235] she-asses[H2543] laden[H5375] with grain[H1250] and bread[H3899] and provision[H4202] for his father[H1] by the way[H1870].
24. So he sent[H7971] his brethren[H251] away[H7971], and they departed[H3212]: and he said[H559] unto them[H7264], See that ye fall not out by the way[H1870].
25. And they went up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714], and came[H935] into the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] unto Jacob[H3290] their father[H1].
26. And they told[H5046] him[H559], saying, Joseph[H3130] is yet alive[H2416], and he is ruler[H4910] over all the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]. And his heart[H3820] fainted[H6313], for he believed them not[H539].
27. And they told[H1696] him all the words[H1697] of Joseph[H3130], which he had said[H1696] unto them[H7200]: and when he saw the wagons[H5699] which Joseph[H3130] had sent[H7971] to carry[H5375] him[H7307], the spirit of Jacob[H3290] their father[H1] revived[H2421]:
28. and Israel[H3478] said[H559], It is enough[H7227]; Joseph[H3130] my son[H1121] is yet alive[H2416]: I will go[H3212] and see him[H7200] before I die[H4191].
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