Gênesis 45

¹ Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried,Not because he was ashamed of his kindred, but rather because he wanted to cover his brother's sin.Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

² And hee wept & cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also.

³ Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence.

⁴ Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

⁵ Now therefore be notThis example teaches that we must by all means comfort those who are truly ashamed and sorry for their sins.grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

⁶ For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest.

⁷ Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.

⁸ So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, butThough God detests sin, yet he turns man's wickedness into his glory.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.

⁹ Haste you & go vp to my father, & tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.

¹⁰ And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

¹¹ Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.

¹² And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is]That is, that I speak in your own language and have no interpreter.my mouth that speaketh unto you.

¹³ Therefore tel my father of al mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue seene, and make haste, and bring my father hither.

¹⁴ Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke.

¹⁵ Moreouer, he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpon them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him.

¹⁶ And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.

¹⁷ Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

¹⁸ And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you theThe most plentiful ground.good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat theThe main fruits and conveniences.fat of the land.

¹⁹ And I commaunde thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.

²⁰ Also regarde not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

²¹ And the children of Israel did so: & Ioseph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee gaue them vitaile also for the iourney.

²² He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment.

²³ And vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way.

²⁴ So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that yeSeeing he had remitted the fault done to him, he did not want them to accuse one another.fall not out by the way.

²⁵ Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,

²⁶ And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heartAs one between hope and fear.fainted, for he believed them not.

²⁷ And they told him al the words of Ioseph, which he had said vnto the: but when he saw the charets, which Ioseph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of Iaakob their father reuiued.

²⁸ And Israel sayde, I haue inough: Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I wil go and see him yer I die.