Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come [a]closer to me.” And they came [b]closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you (A)sold to Egypt. Now do not be grieved or angry [c]with yourselves because (B)you sold me here, for (C)God sent me ahead of you [d]to save lives. For the famine has been in the land (D)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:4 Lit near
  2. Genesis 45:4 Lit near
  3. Genesis 45:5 Lit in your eyes
  4. Genesis 45:5 Lit for preservation of life

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.”(A) When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!(B) And now, do not be distressed(C) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,(D) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.(E) For two years now there has been famine(F) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.

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