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Genesis 45

1 Ioſeph maketh him ſelfe knowen to his brethren. 5 He ſheweth that all was done by Gods prouidēce. 18 Pharaóh commandeth him to ſend for his father. 24 Ioſeph exhorteth his brethren to cōcorde. 27 Iaakob reioyceth.
1.THen Ioſeph colde not refraine him ſelfe before all that ſtode by him, but he cryed, a Haue forthe euerie mā frō me. And there taried not one with him, while Ioſeph vttered him ſelfe vnto his brethren.
2.And he wept & cryed, ſo that the Egyptiás heard: ye houſe of Pharaóh heard alſo.
3.Then Ioſeph ſaid to his brethren, I am Ioſeph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren colde not anſwer him, for thei were aſtoniſhed at his preſencé.
4.Againe Ioſeph ſaid to his brethren, Come nere, I pray you, to me. And thei came nere. And he ſaid, * I am Ioſeph your brother, whome ye ſolde into Egypt.
5.Now therefore be not b ſad, nether grieued with your ſelues, that ye ſolde me hether: * for God did ſend me before you for your preſeruation.
6.For now two yeres of famine haue bene through the land, and fiue yeres are behinde, wherein nether ſhal be earing nor harueſt.
7.Wherefore God ſent me before you to preſerue your poſteritie in this land, and to ſaue you aliue by a great deliuerance.
8.Now then you ſent not me hether, but c God, who hathe made me a father vnto Pharaóh, and lord of all his houſe, and ruler through out all the land of Egypt.
9.Haſte you and go vp to my father, and tel him, Thus ſaieth thy ſonne Ioſeph, God hathe made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.
10.And thou ſhalt dwel in the land of Góſhen, and ſhalt be nere me, thou and thy children, & thy childrens childré, & thy ſhepe, & thy beaſtes, & all that thou haſt.
11.Alſo I wil nouriſh thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeres of famine) leſt thou periſh through pouertie, thou & thy houſholde, and all that thou haſt.
12.And beholde, your eies do ſe, & the eies of my brother Beniamín, yt d my mouth ſpeaketh to you.
13.Therefore tel my father of all mine honour in Egypt, & of all that ye haue ſene, & make haſte, & bring my father hether.
14.Then he fel on his brother Beniamins necke, and wept, & Beniamín 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 " tydings came vnto Pharaohs houſe, ſo that thei ſaid, Ioſephs brethren are come: and it pleaſed Pharaóh wel, & his ſeruants.
17.Then Pharaóh ſaid vnto Ioſeph, Say to thy brethren, This do ye, lade your beaſtes & departe, go to ye lād of Canáan,
18.And take your father, and your houſholdes, and come to me, and I wil giue you the e beſt of the land of Egypt, and ye ſhal eat of the f fat of the land.
19.And I commande thee, Thus do ye, take you charets out of the land of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.
20.Alſo " regard not your ſtuffe: for the beſt of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21.And the children of Iſraél did ſo: and Ioſeph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaóh: he gaue them vitaile alſo for the iourney.
22.He gaue thē all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamín he gaue thre hundreth pieces of ſiluer, & fiue ſutes of rayment.
23.And vnto his father likewiſe he ſent ten " he aſſes laden with the beſt things of Egypt, and ten ſhe aſſes ladé with wheat, & bread, & meat for his father by the way.
24.So ſent he his brethren away, and thei departed: and he ſaid vnto them, g Fall not out by the way.
25.¶ Then thei wēt vp from Egypt, & came vnto the land of Canáan vnto Iaakób their father,
26.And tolde him, ſaying, Ioſeph is yet aliue, and he alſo is gouerner ouer all the lād of Egypt, and Iaakobs heart h failed: for he beleued them not.
27.And thei tolde him all the wordes of Ioſeph, which he had ſaid vnto them: but when he ſawe the charets, which Ioſeph had ſent to cary him, then the ſpirit of Iaakób their father reuiued.
28.And Iſraél ſaid, I haue ynough: Ioſeph my ſonne is yet aliue: I wil go and ſe him yer I dye.

Notes

1:a.
Not that he was aſhamed of his kinred, but that he wolde couer his brethrens fauts.
4:*.
Act. 7.13.
5:b.
This exāple teacheth, that we muſt by all meanes cōfort thē, which are strictly humbled & woūded for their sinnes.
5:*.
Chap. 50.20.
8:c.
Albeit God detest sinne, yet he turneth mans wickednes to serue to his glorie.
12:d.
That is, that I ſpeake in your owne lāgage, and haue none interpreter.
16:".
Ebr. voice
18:e.
The moſte plētiful groūde.
18:f.
The chiefeſt frutes & commodities.
20:".
Ebr. let not your eye ſpare your veſſels.
23:".
Or, he ſent as much as wis, ſiuer, or verſ. 22 or ten aſſes.
24:g.
Seing he had remitted the faute done toward him, he wolde not yt thei shulde accuſe one another.
26:h.
As one betwene hope & feare.