Study Desk

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come ^(F1)closer to me." And they came ^(F1)closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you ^(C1)sold to Egypt.

"Now do not be grieved or angry ^(F1)with yourselves because ^(C1)you sold me here, for ^(C2)God sent me ahead of you ^(F2)to save lives.

"For the famine has been in the land ^(C1)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

"So ^(C1)God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to ^(F1)keep you alive by a great deliverance.

"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a ^(C1)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

"Hurry and go up to my father, and ^(C1)say to him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

"For you shall live in the land of ^(C1)Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your ^(F1)grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

"There I will also ^(C1)provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."'

"Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

"Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and ^(C1)bring my father down here."