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1 Joseph could no longer control his emotions in front of everyone who was standing around him, so he cried out, |Have everyone leave me!| No one else was there when Joseph told his brothers who he was. 2 He cried so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household heard about it. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, |I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?| His brothers could not answer him because they were afraid of him. 4 |Please come closer to me,| Joseph said to his brothers. When they did so, he said, |I am Joseph, the brother you sold into slavery in Egypt! 5 Now, don't be sad or angry with yourselves that you sold me. God sent me ahead of you to save lives. 6 The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way. 8 It wasn't you who sent me here, but God. He has made me [like] a father to Pharaoh, lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt. Genesis 45:1-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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