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Then Joseph could not control himself in front of everyone standing before him, and he shouted, "Have everyone leave me!" So there ^(F1)was no one with him ^(C1)when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Then ^(C1)he ^(F1)wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard about it.

And Joseph said to his brothers, "^(C1)I am Joseph! ^(C2)Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for ^(C3)they were terrified in his presence.

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.