Hi, and welcome back
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the word of God. Before
we read, let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so
much for the story of Joseph.
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And please be with us
now. Give us your guidance,
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your Holy Spirit and may these
words bear fruit in our lives
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dear Lord. We love you. Amen.
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We are in the middle
of the story of the famine
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in the land of Egypt. When we
were last together we read about
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Pharaoh's dreams and how
he called Joseph from prison
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at the recommendation of his
butler, and asked Joseph if he
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would interpret the dreams for
him. And Joseph gave the glory
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to God. He said that I
can't do it but God will.
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And he advised Pharaoh
that there was a famine coming
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and to find a wise man to
put over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh said, Is there
anyone wiser. God is with you.
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And he took Joseph and made
Joseph second only to himself
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in ruling Egypt, and I thought
about that as I was reading.
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Overnight Joseph went from
being a prisoner to being ruler
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of Egypt. And that's a lesson
for each of us who are facing
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dark times right now, in
many ways and many times, God
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changes things overnight. Stay
strong and stay hanging on to
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Him. And now Joseph is the
ruler over Egypt and they are in
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the years of famine.
And countries round about
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come to Egypt for food,
and Jacob sends his 10 sons
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down to Egypt to buy food.
Joseph recognizes his brothers
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even though they don't know him.
And he tests them. He says to
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them, Bring me your younger
brother. He keeps Simeon back
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in Egypt, in prison. He
sends the 9 back to get Benjamin
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and bring him. Otherwise he
is going to put them to death as
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spies. But Jacob is not willing
to let Benjamin go. He says,
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I've lost Joseph. I've lost
Simeon and I'm, going to lose
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Benjamin as well. Reuben
says, Give him into my keeping.
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You can kill my two sons if
I don't bring him back safely.
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Jacob says, No, because if
he doesn't return, I will go to
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my grave mourning him. So this
is where we pick up the story
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in Genesis, chapter 43,
verse 1, the King James Version.
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And the famine was sore in
the land. And it came to pass,
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when they had eaten up the corn
which they had brought out of
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Egypt, their father said unto
them, Go again, buy us a little
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food. And Judah spake unto him,
saying, This man did solemnly
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protest unto us, saying, Ye
shall not see my face, except
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your brother be with your.
If thou wilt send our brother
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with us, we will go down and buy
thee food: but if thou wilt not
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send him, we will not go
down: for the man said unto us,
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Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother be with you.
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And Israel said, Wherefore dealt
ye so ill with me, as to tell
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the man whether ye had
yet a brother? And they said,
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The man asked us straitly of
our state, and of our kindred,
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saying Is you father yet
alive? have ye another brother?
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and we told him according to the
tenor of these words: could we
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certainly know that he would
say, Bring your brother down?
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And Judah said unto Israel his
father, Send the lad with me,
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and we will arise and go;
that we may live, and not die,
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both we, and thou, and also our
little ones. I will be surety
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for him; of my hand shalt thou
require him: if I bring him not
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unto thee, and set him before
thee, then let me bear the blame
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for ever: for except we
had lingered, surely now we had
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returned this second time. And
their father Israel said unto
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them, If it must be so now,
do this; take of the best fruits
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in the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a present
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a Little balm and a little
honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts,
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and almonds: and take double
money in your hand; and the
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money that was brought again in
the mouth of you sacks, carry it
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again in your hand;
peradventure it was an
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oversight: Take also your
brother, and arise, go again
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unto the man: And God Almighty
give you mercy before the man,
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that he may send away your
other brother, and Benjamin.
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If I be bereaved of my children,
I am bereaved. And the men
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took that present, and they
took double money in their hand,
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and Benjamin; and rose up, and
went down to Egypt, and stood
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before Joseph. And when Joseph
saw Benjamin with them, he said
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to the ruler of his house, Bring
these men home, and slay, and
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make ready; for these men
shall dine with me at noon.
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And the man did as Joseph bade;
and the man brought the men into
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Joseph's house. And the men
were afraid, because they were
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brought into Joseph's house; and
they said, Because of the money
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that was returned in our sacks
at the first time are we brought
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in; that he may seek occasion
against us, and fall upon us,
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and take us for bondmen, and our
asses. And they came near to the
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steward of Joseph's house,
and they communed with him
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at the door of the house, and
said, O sir, we came indeed down
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at the first time to buy food:
And it came to pass, when we
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came to the inn, that we
opened our sacks, and, behold,
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every man's money was in
the mouth of his sack, our money
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in full weight: and we have
brought it again in our hand.
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And other money have we brought
down in our hands to buy food:
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we cannot tell who put our
money in our sacks. And he said,
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Peace be to you, fear not, your
God, and the God of your father
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has given you treasure in
your sacks: I had your money.
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And he brought Simeon out
unto them. And the man brought
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the men into Joseph's house, and
gave them water, and they washed
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their feet; and he gave their
asses provender. And they made
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ready the present against Joseph
came at noon: for they heard
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that they should eat bread
there and when Joseph came home,
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they brought him the
present which was in their hand
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into the house, and bowed
themselves to him to the earth.
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And he asked them of
their welfare, and said,
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Is your father well, the
old man of whom ye spake?
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Is he yet alive? And they
answered, Thy servant our father
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is in good health, he is
yet alive. And they bowed down
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their heads and made obeisance.
And he lifted up his eyes,
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and saw his brother Benjamin,
his mother's son, and said,
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Is this your younger brother
of whom ye spake unto me?
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And he said, God be
gracious unto thee, my son.
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And Joseph made haste; for
his bowels did yearn upon his
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brother: and he sought where
to weep: and he entered into
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his chamber, and wept there.
And he washed his face, and
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went out, and refrained
himself, and said, Set on bread.
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And they set on for him
by himself, and for them
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by themselves, and for the
Egyptians, which did eat with
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him by themselves: because the
Egyptians might not eat bread
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with the Hebrews; for that
is and abomination into the
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Egyptians. And they sat before
him, the firstborn according to
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his birthright and the
youngest according to his youth:
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and the men marveled one at
another. And he took and sent
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messes unto them from before
him: but Benjamin's mess was
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five times so much as any
of theirs. And they drank,
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and were merry with him.
Continuing now in chapter 44
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of Genesis. And he commanded the
steward of his house, saying,
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Fill the men's sacks with
food, as much as they can carry,
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and put every man's money in his
sack's mouth. And put my cup,
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the silver cup, in the
sack's mouth of the youngest,
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and his corn money. And he
did according to the word that
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Joseph had spoken. As soon as
the morning was light, the men
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were sent away, they and their
asses. And when they were gone
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out of the city, and not yet
far off, Joseph said unto his
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steward, Up, follow after
the men; and when thou dost
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overtake them, say unto
them, Wherefore have ye rewarded
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evil for good? Is not this
it in which my lord drinketh,
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and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing.
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And he overtook them, and he
spake unto them these same words
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And they said unto
him, Wherefore saith my lord
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these words? God forbid that
thy servants should do according
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to this thing: Behold, the
money, which we found in our
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sacks' mouths, we brought
again unto thee out of the land
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of Canaan: how then should
we steal out of thy lord's house
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silver or gold? With whomsoever
of thy servants it be found,
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both let him die, and we
also will be my lord's bondmen.
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And he said, Now also let it
be according unto your words:
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He with whom it is found shall
be my servant; and ye shall be
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blameless. Then they speedily
took down every man his sack
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to the ground, and opened every
man his sack. And he searched,
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and began at the eldest,
and left at the youngest:
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and the cup was
found in Benjamin's sack.
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Then they rent their clothes,
and laded every man his ass,
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and returned to the city.
And Judah and his brethren came
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to Joseph's house; for he was
yet there: and they fell before
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him on the ground. And
Joseph said unto them, What deed
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is this that ye have done?
wot ye not that such a man as I
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can certainly divine? And Judah
said, What shall we say unto
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my lord? what shall we speak?
or how shall we clear ourselves?
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God hath found out the iniquity
of thy servants: behold, we are
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my lord's servants, both we,
and he also with whom the cup
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is found. And he said, God
forbid that I should do so:
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but the man in whose hand
the cup is found, he shall be my
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servant; and as for you, get you
up in peace unto your father.
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Then Judah came near unto
him, and said, Oh my lord,
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let thy servant, I pray thee,
speak a word in my lord's ears,
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and let not thine anger burn
against thy servant: for thou
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art even as Pharaoh. My
lord asked his servants, saying,
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Have ye a father, or a brother?
And we said unto my lord,
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We have a father, an old
man, and a child of his old age,
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a little one; and his brother
is dead, and he alone is left
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of his mother, and his father
loveth him. And thou saidst
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unto thy servants, Bring
him down unto me, that I may set
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mine eyes upon him. And we said
unto my lord, The lad cannot
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leave his father, for if
he should leave his father,
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his father would die. And
thou saidst unto thy servants,
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Except your youngest
brother come down with you,
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ye shall see my face no more.
And it came to pass when we
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came up unto thy servant my
father, we told him the words
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of my lord. And our father said,
Go again, and buy us a little
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food. And we said, We cannot
go down: if our youngest brother
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be with us, then will we go
down: for we may not see the
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man's face, except our
youngest brother be with us.
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And thy servant my father said,
unto us, ye know that wife bare
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me two sons: And the one went
out from me, and I said, Surely
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he is torn in pieces; and I saw
him not since: And if ye take
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this also from me, and mischief
befall him, ye shall bring down
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my gray hairs with sorrow to
the grave. Now therefore when
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I come to thy servant my father,
and the lad be not with us;
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seeing that his life is bound up
in the lad's life; It shall come
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to pass, when he seeth that the
lad is not with us, that he will
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die: and thy servants
shall bring down the gray hairs
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of thy servant our
father with sorrow to the grave.
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For thy servant became surety
for the lad unto my father,
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saying, If I bring him not
unto thee, then I shall bear the
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blame to my father forever.
Now therefore, I pray thee,
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let thy servant abide instead
of the lad a bondman to my lord:
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and let the lad go up with
his brethren. For how shall I go
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up to my father, and the lad be
not with me? lest peradventure
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I see the evil that
shall come on my father.
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Continuing with chapter 45.
This is the King James Version.
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Then Joseph could not
refrain himself before all them
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that stood by him; and he
cried, Cause every man to go out
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from me. And there stood no
man with him while Joseph made
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himself known unto his
brethren, And he wept aloud:
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And the Egyptians and
the house of Pharaoh heard.
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And Joseph said unto
his brethren, I am Joseph;
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doth my father yet live? And
his brethren could not answer
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him for they were troubled
at his presence. And Joseph said
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unto his brethren, Come near
to me, I pray you. And they came
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near. And he said, I am Joseph
your brother, whom ye sold
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into Egypt. Now therefore
be not grieved, nor angry with
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yourselves, that ye sold
me hither: for God did send me
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before you to preserve life. For
these two years hath the famine
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been in the land: any
yet there are five years,
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in the which there shall
neither be earing nor harvest.
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And God sent me before you
you to preserve you a posterity
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in the earth, and to save your
lives by a great deliverance.
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So now it was not you that sent
me hither, but God: and he hath
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made me a father to Pharaoh,
and lord of all his house, and a
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ruler throughout all the land
of Egypt: Haste ye, and go up
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to my father, and say unto
him, Thus saith thy son Joseph,
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God hath made me lord of
all Egypt: come down unto me
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tarry not: And thou shalt
dwell in the land of Goshen,
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and thou shalt be near unto me,
thou, and thy children, and thy
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children's children, and
thy flocks, and thy herds,
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and all that thou hast:
And there will I nourish thee;
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for yet there are five years
of famine; lest thou, and thy
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household and all that thou hast
come to poverty. And, behold,
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your eyes see, and the eyes of
my brother Benjamin, that it is
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my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And ye shall tell my father of
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all my glory in Egypt, and of
all ye have seen; and ye shall
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haste and bring down my father
hither. And he fell upon his
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brother Benjamin's neck,
and wept; and Benjamin wept upon
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his neck. Moreover he kissed all
his brethren, and wept upon them
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and after that his
brethren talked with him.
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We'll pick up the story
of Joseph and his brothers,
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and his father the
next time we're together.
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Thanks for being with me.
Until we're together again,
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may God bless you and
keep you in His care. Goodbye.
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