Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Then Joseph could no
longer
control
himself before all his
attendants,
and he cried out
, “Send
everyone
away
from me !”
So
none
of
them
were
with Joseph when
he
made himself known to
his brothers
.
Then Joseph could not
refrain
himself before all them
that
stood
by
him;
and he cried, Cause
every
man
to
go
out
from me .
And
there
stood
no
man
with him,
while
Joseph made himself known unto
his brethren
.
But
he wept so
loudly
that
the Egyptians heard
him,
and Pharaoh’s
household
soon
heard
of it
.
And
he wept aloud:
and
the Egyptians and the
house
of Pharaoh
heard
.
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.
And
Joseph said unto
his brethren
, I am Joseph ;
doth
my father yet
live
? And
his
brethren
could
not
answer him ;
for
they were troubled
at
his presence.
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 !
And
Joseph said unto
his brethren
, Come near to
me ,
I
pray
you
. And they came
near
. And
he
said,
I am Joseph your brother, whom
ye
sold into Egypt .
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.
Now therefore
be not
grieved,
nor
angry with yourselves ,
that ye
sold me hither:
for
God did
send
me before you to
preserve
life
.
For the famine has
covered
the land these
two
years,
and there will
be
five more
years without
plowing
or
harvesting
.
For these
two
years
hath
the famine been
in
the land :
and yet
there are
five years ,
in
the
which
there
shall
neither
be
earing
nor
harvest
.
God sent me before you to preserve you as
a remnant
on
the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
And
God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity
in
the earth ,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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.
So
now
it was not you that
sent me hither
, but God :
and
he
hath
made me a father to Pharaoh ,
and
lord of all his house,
and a
ruler throughout
all the land of Egypt.
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.
Haste
ye,
and
go
up
to my father ,
and say
unto
him, Thus
saith
thy
son Joseph ,
God hath
made me lord of all Egypt :
come down unto
me ,
tarry
not:
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.
And
thou
shalt
dwell
in the land of Goshen ,
and thou
shalt
be near unto
me ,
thou,
and thy
children ,
and thy
children's
children
, and
thy
flocks ,
and thy
herds, and all
that
thou
hast:
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
. ’
And there will I
nourish
thee;
for yet
there are
five years of famine ;
lest
thou
, and thy
household ,
and all
that
thou
hast,
come to poverty
.
Behold !
You
and my brother Benjamin can
see
that
I
, Joseph,
am
the
one
speaking
with
you.
And,
behold ,
your
eyes
see,
and the
eyes
of
my brother Benjamin, that
it
is
my
mouth
that
speaketh
unto
you.
Tell my father about
all my splendor
in Egypt and everything
you
have seen .
And bring my father down
here
quickly
. ”
And
ye
shall
tell my father of
all my glory
in Egypt ,
and of
all
that
ye
have seen ;
and ye
shall
haste
and
bring down
my father hither
.
Then
Joseph
threw
his
arms
around
his brother Benjamin
and wept ,
and Benjamin wept as
they
embraced
.
And
he
fell
upon
his brother Benjamin's
neck,
and wept ;
and Benjamin wept upon
his
neck
.
Joseph
kissed each
of
his brothers
as
he
wept over
them .
And afterward
his brothers
talked with him.
Moreover
he
kissed all
his brethren,
and
wept upon
them :
and after
that
his brethren
talked with him.
When
the news
reached
Pharaoh’s
house that
Joseph’s
brothers
had
come
, Pharaoh and his servants were
pleased
.
And
the fame
thereof
was
heard
in
Pharaoh's
house, saying,
Joseph's
brethren
are
come:
and
it
pleased
Pharaoh well,
and his servants.
Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “Tell
your
brothers
, ‘
Do as
follows:
Load
your animals
and return
to
the land of Canaan .
And
Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, Say
unto
thy
brethren
, This
do ye;
lade
your beasts,
and go,
get
you
unto
the land of Canaan ;
Then
bring
your father and your families
and return
to
me .
I will give you the best
of the land of Egypt, and you
shall eat from
the fat of the land. ’
And
take
your father and your households,
and come
unto
me :
and
I will give you the good
of the land of Egypt, and ye
shall eat the fat of the land.
You
are
also
directed
to
tell
them:
‘
Take wagons from
the land of Egypt for your young
children
and your wives, and bring your father and come back
.
Now
thou
art
commanded,
this
do
ye;
take you
wagons out
of
the land of Egypt for your little
ones,
and for
your wives, and bring your father ,
and come.
But
pay
no
regard to
your belongings,
for the best
of all the land of Egypt is yours. ’”
Also
regard not
your stuff;
for the good
of all the land of Egypt is yours.
So
the sons
of Israel did as
they
were
told.
Joseph gave them wagons as
Pharaoh had
instructed
, and he
also
gave them provisions
for their
journey
.
And
the children
of Israel did so:
and
Joseph gave them wagons ,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh, and gave them provision
for the
way
.
He gave new
garments
to
each of them,
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels
of silver and five sets
of clothes
.
To
all
of
them
he gave each man
changes
of raiment;
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces
of silver ,
and five changes
of raiment
.
And he
sent
to his father the
following:
ten donkeys
loaded
with the best
of Egypt, and ten female
donkeys
loaded
with grain
and bread and provisions
for his father’s
journey
.
And to his father he
sent
after
this
manner;
ten asses
laden
with the good
things
of Egypt, and ten she
asses
laden
with corn
and bread and meat
for his father
by
the
way
.
Then
Joseph
sent his brothers
on
their
way
, and as
they were
leaving,
he said to
them, “Do
not quarrel
on
the way !”
So
he
sent his brethren
away
, and they departed:
and
he said unto
them, See
that
ye
fall
not out
by
the way .
So
the
brothers
went up out of Egypt and came to
their
father
Jacob
in
the land of Canaan .
And
they
went up out of Egypt ,
and came into
the land of Canaan unto
Jacob
their
father,
“
Joseph is still
alive, ”
they
said,
“
and he is ruler
over all the land of Egypt !”
But
Jacob
was
stunned
, for he did
not
believe
them.
And
told
him,
saying,
Joseph is yet
alive, and he is governor
over all the land of Egypt .
And
Jacob's
heart
fainted
, for he believed
them not
.
However,
when
they relayed
all that
Joseph had told
them ,
and when he saw the wagons that
Joseph had sent to carry him back
, the spirit of their father Jacob
was
revived .
And
they told
him
all the
words
of
Joseph ,
which
he
had said
unto
them :
and when he saw the wagons which
Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob
their father revived :
“Enough!”
declared
Israel .
“
My son Joseph
is still
alive !
I will go to
see him before I die. ”
And
Israel said,
It
is
enough;
Joseph
my son is yet
alive :
I will go and
see him before I die.
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