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Genesis 45:3
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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:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Genesis 45:3

I am Joseph—or, "terrified at his presence." The emotions that now rose in his breast as well as that of his brethren—and chased each other in rapid succession—were many and violent. He was agitated by sympathy and joy; they were astonished, confounded, terrified; and betrayed their terror, by shrinking as far as they could from his presence. So "troubled" were they, that he had to repeat his announcement of himself; and what kind, affectionate terms he did use. He spoke of their having sold him—not to wound their feelings, but to convince them of his identity; and then, to reassure their minds, he traced the agency of an overruling Providence, in his exile and present honor [Genesis 35:5-7]. Not that he wished them to roll the responsibility of their crime on God; no, his only object was to encourage their confidence and induce them to trust in the plans he had formed for the future comfort of their father and themselves.


 
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