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CHAP. XLV.

OSEPH could no longer refrayne manie standing by in presence: wherupon he commanded that al should goe forth, and no stranger should be present at their acknowledging one of another. And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Ægyptians heard, and al the house of Pharao. And he said to his Brethren: I am Joseph; is my father yet living? His brethren could not answer him being terribly astonished out of measure. To whom gently he said: Come hither to me. And when they were come neer him, I am, quoth he, Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Ægypt. Be not affraid, neither let it seeme to you a hard case that you did sel me into their countries: for God sent me before you into Ægypt for your preservation. For it is two yeares since the famine began to be upon the earth, and yet five yeares remaine, wherin there can be neither earing not reaping. And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have victuals to live. Not by your counsail, but by the wil of God was I sent hither: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and Lord of his whole house, and Prince in al the land of Ægypt. Make hast and get ye up to my father; and you shal say to him: Thy sonne Joseph willeth thus: God hath made me Lord of the whole land of Ægypt: come downe to me, tary not. And thou shalt dwel in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be neer me thou and thy sonnes, and thy sonnes children, thy sheep, and thy heards, and al things that thou dost possesse. And there I will feed thee (for yet there are five yeares of famine remayning) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and al things that thou dost possesse. Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin doe see, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. Report to my father my whole glorie & al things that you have seen in Ægypt: make hast, and bring him to me. And falling upon the neck of his brother Benjamin, embracing him he wept: he also in like manner weeping upon his neck. And Joseph kissed al his brethren, and wept upon everie one: after which things they were Rh