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Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.(Genesis 45:1)
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.(Genesis 45:2)
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.(Genesis 45:3)
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.(Genesis 45:5)
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.(Genesis 45:6)
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.(Genesis 45:7)

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Genesis 45:4 - Cross Reference

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. (Genesis 37:28)
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (Acts 9:5)
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. (Genesis 50:18)
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. (Matthew 14:27)