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Joseph Revealed to His Brothers

1 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him awhile Joseph made himself known to his brothers.  
2 And he awept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it.  
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.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Genesis 45:3

I am Joseph - Mr. Pope supposed that the discovery of Ulysses to his son Telemachus bears some resemblance to Joseph' s discovery of himself to his brethren. The passage may be seen in Homer, Odyss. l. xvi., ver. 186-218.

A few lines from Cowper' s translation will show much of the spirit of the original, and also a considerable analogy between the two scenes: -

"I am thy father, for whose sake thou lead' st

A life of wo by violence oppress' d.

So saying, he kiss' d his son; while from his cheeks

Tears trickled, tears till then perforce restrain' d.

Then threw Telemachus

His arms around his father' s neck, and wept.

Pangs of soft sorrow, not to be suppress' d,

Seized both. So they, their cheeks with big round drops of wo

Bedewing, stood."




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