Genesis 45:1-3

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Joseph Reveals Who He Is

45 Joseph could not ·control [or express] himself in front of ·his servants [^Lall those standing around him] any longer, so he cried out, “Have everyone leave me.” ·When only the brothers were left with Joseph [^LSo no one was standing around him when], he ·told them who he was [^Lrevealed himself to his brothers]. ² Joseph cried so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and the ·people in the king’s palace [^Lhouse of Pharaoh] heard about it. ³ ·He [^LJoseph] said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But the brothers could not answer him, because they were ·very afraid of [or startled by] him.