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Genesis 45:5
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3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, a“I am Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.  
4 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, awhom you sold into Egypt.  
5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; afor God sent me before you to preserve life.  
6 For these two years the afamine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.  
7 And God asent me before you to preserve a1 posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.  
8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but aGod; and He has made me ba father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a cruler throughout all the land of Egypt.  
9 “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not1 tarry.  
10 aYou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.  
11 There I will aprovide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.” ’  
12 “And behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is amy mouth that speaks to you.  
13 So you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and abring my father down here.”  
14 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15 Moreover he akissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.  
16 Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” So it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.
17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.
18 Bring your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat athe fat of the land.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Genesis 45:5

Be not grieved or angry with yourselves - Sinners must grieve, and be angry with themselves for their sins; yea, though God, by his power, bring good out of them, for that is no thanks to the sinner: but true penitents should be greatly affected with it, when they see God bringing good out of evil. Though we must not with this consideration extenuate our own sins, and so take off the edge of our repentance; yet it may do well thus to extenuate the sins of others, and so take off the edge of our angry resentments. Thus Joseph doth here. His brethren needed not to fear that he would revenge upon them an injury which God's providence had made to turn so much to his advantage, and that of his family. Now he tells them how long the famine was likely to last, five years yet, Genesis 45:6, and what a capacity he was in of being kind to his relations, which is the greatest satisfaction that wealth and power can give to a good man.


 
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