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1요셉이 시종하는 자들 앞에서 그 정을 억제하지 못하여 소리질러 모든 사람을 자기에게서 물러가라 하고 그 형제에게 자기를 알리니 때에 그와 함께 한 자가 없었더라 2요셉이 방성대곡하니 애굽 사람에게 들리며 바로의 궁중에 들리더라 3요셉이 그 형들에게 이르되 나는 요셉이라 내 아버지께서 아직 살아 계시니이까 형들이 그 앞에서 놀라서 능히 대답하지 못하는지라 4요셉이 형들에게 이르되 내게로 가까이 오소서 그들이 가까이 가니 가로되 나는 당신들의 아우 요셉이니 당신들이 애굽에 판 자라 5당신들이 나를 이곳에 팔았으므로 근심하지 마소서 한탄하지 마소서 하나님이 생명을 구원하시려고 나를 당신들 앞서 보내셨나이다 6이 땅에 이년 동안 흉년이 들었으나 아직 오년은 기경도 못하고 추수도 못할지라 7하나님이 큰 구원으로 당신들의 생명을 보존하고 당신들의 후손을 세상에 두시려고 나를 당신들 앞서 보내셨나니 8그런즉 나를 이리로 보낸 자는 당신들이 아니요 하나님이시라 하나님이 나로 바로의 아비를 삼으시며 그 온 집의 주를 삼으시며 애굽 온 땅의 치리자를 삼으셨나이다 9당신들은 속히 아버지께로 올라가서 고하기를 아버지의 아들 요셉의 말에 하나님이 나를 애굽 전국의 주로 세우셨으니 내게로 지체말고 내려오사 10아버지의 아들들과 아버지의 손자들과 아버지의 양과 소와 모든 소유가 고센 땅에 있어서 나와 가깝게 하소서 11흉년이 아직 다섯 해가 있으니 내가 거기서 아버지를 봉양하리이다 아버지와 아버지의 가속과 아버지의 모든 소속이 결핍할까 하나이다 하더라 하소서 12당신들은 눈과 내 아우 베냐민의 눈이 보는 바 당신들에게 이 말을 하는 것은 내 입이라 13당신들은 나의 애굽에서의 영화와 당신들의 본 모든 것을 다 내 아버지께 고하고 속히 모시고 내려오소서 하며 14자기 아우 베냐민의 목을 안고 우니 베냐민도 요셉의 목을 안고 우니라 15요셉이 또 형들과 입맞추며 안고 우니 형들이 그제야 요셉과 말하니라 16요셉의 형들이 왔다는 소문이 바로의 궁에 들리매 바로와 그 신복이 기뻐하고 17바로는 요셉에게 이르되 네 형들에게 명하기를 너희는 이렇게 하여 너희 양식을 싣고 가서 가나안 땅에 이르거든 18너희 아비와 너희 가속을 이끌고 내게로 오라 내가 너희에게 애굽 땅 아름다운 것을 주리니 너희가 나라의 기름진 것을 먹으리라 19이제 명을 받았으니 이렇게 하라 너희는 애굽 땅에서 수레를 가져다가 너희 자녀와 아내를 태우고 너희 아비를 데려오라 20또 너희의 기구를 아끼지 말라 온 애굽 땅의 좋은 것이 너희 것임이니라 하라 21이스라엘의 아들들이 그대로 할새 요셉이 바로의 명대로 그들에게로 수레를 주고 길 양식을 주며 22또 그들에게 다 각기 옷 한 벌씩 주되 베냐민에게는 은 삼백과 옷 다섯 벌을 주고 23그가 또 이와 같이 그 아비에게 보내되 수나귀 열 필에 애굽의 아름다운 물품을 실리고 암나귀 열 필에는 아비에게 길에서 공궤할 곡식과 떡과 양식을 실리고 24이에 형들을 돌려 보내며 그들에게 이르되 당신들은 노중에서 다투지 말라 하였더라 25그들이 애굽에서 올라와 가나안 땅으로 들어가서 아비 야곱에게 이르러 26고하여 가로되 요셉이 지금까지 살아 있어 애굽 땅 총리가 되었더이다 야곱이 그들을 믿지 아니하므로 기색하더니 27그들이 또 요셉이 자기들에게 부탁한 모든 말로 그 아비에게 고하매 그 아비 야곱이 요셉의 자기를 태우려고 보낸 수레를 보고야 기운이 소생한지라 28이스라엘이 가로되 족하도다 내 아들 요셉이 지금까지 살았으니 내가 죽기 전에 가서 그를 보리라

1Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence. 4Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. “He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait. 10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’ 12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 13You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here.” 14He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him. 16The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan. 18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ 19Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours.” 21The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. 23He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.” 25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father. 26They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them. 27They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived. 28Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

1Toen kon zich Jozef niet bedwingen voor allen, die bij hem stonden, en hij riep: Doet alle man van mij uitgaan! En er stond niemand bij hem, als Jozef zich aan zijn broederen bekend maakte. 2En hij verhief zijn stem met wenen, zodat het de Egyptenaren hoorden, en dat het Farao's huis hoorde. 3En Jozef zeide tot zijn broederen: Ik ben Jozef! leeft mijn vader nog? En zijn broeders konden hem niet antwoorden; want zij waren verschrikt voor zijn aangezicht. 4En Jozef zeide tot zijn broederen: Nadert toch tot mij! En zij naderden. Toen zeide hij: Ik ben Jozef, uw broeder, dien gij naar Egypte verkocht hebt. 5Maar nu, weest niet bekommerd, en de toorn ontsteke niet in uw ogen, omdat gij mij hierheen verkocht hebt; want God heeft mij voor uw aangezicht gezonden, tot behoudenis des levens. 6Want het zijn nu twee jaren des hongers in het midden des lands; en er zijn nog vijf jaren, in welke geen ploeging noch oogst zijn zal. 7Doch God heeft mij voor uw aangezicht henen gezonden, om u een overblijfsel te stellen op de aarde, en om u bij het leven te behouden, door een grote verlossing. 8Nu dan, gij hebt mij herwaarts niet gezonden, maar God Zelf, Die mij tot Farao's vader gesteld heeft, en tot een heer over zijn ganse huis, en regeerder in het ganse land van Egypte. 9Haast u en trekt op tot mijn vader, en zegt het hem: Alzo zegt uw zoon Jozef: God heeft mij tot een heer over gans Egypteland gesteld; kom af tot mij, en vertoef niet. 10En gij zult in het land Gosen wonen, en nabij mij wezen, gij en uw zonen, en de zonen uwer zonen, en uw schapen, en uw runderen, en al wat gij hebt. 11En ik zal u aldaar onderhouden; want er zullen nog vijf jaren des hongers zijn, opdat gij niet verarmt, gij en uw huis, en alles wat gij hebt! 12En ziet, uw ogen zien het, en de ogen van mijn broeder Benjamin, dat mijn mond tot u spreekt. 13En boodschapt mijn vader al mijn heerlijkheid in Egypte, en alles wat gij gezien hebt; en haast u, en brengt mijn vader herwaarts af. 14En hij viel aan den hals van Benjamin, zijn broeder, en weende; en Benjamin weende aan zijn hals. 15En hij kuste al zijn broederen, en hij weende over hen; en daarna spraken zijn broeders met hem. 16Als dit gerucht in het huis van Farao gehoord werd, dat men zeide: Jozefs broeders zijn gekomen! was het goed in de ogen van Farao, en in de ogen van zijn knechten. 17En Farao zeide tot Jozef: Zeg tot uw broederen: Doet dit, laadt uw beesten, en trekt heen, gaat naar het land Kanaan; 18En neemt uw vader en uw huisgezinnen, en komt tot mij, en ik zal u het beste van Egypteland geven, en gij zult het vette dezes lands eten. 19Gij zijt toch gelast: doet dit, neemt u uit Egypteland wagenen voor uw kinderkens, en voor uw vrouwen, en voert uw vader, en komt. 20En uw oog verschone uw huisraad niet; want het beste van gans Egypteland, dat zal het uwe zijn. 21En de zonen van Israel deden alzo. Zo gaf Jozef hun wagenen, naar Farao's bevel; ook gaf hij hun teerkost op den weg. 22Hij gaf hun allen, iedereen, wisselklederen; maar Benjamin gaf hij driehonderd zilverlingen, en vijf wisselklederen. 23En zijn vader desgelijks zond hij tien ezelen, dragende van het beste van Egypte, en tien ezelinnen, dragende koren, en brood, en spijze voor zijn vader op den weg. 24En hij zond zijn broeders heen; en zij vertrokken; en hij zeide tot hen: Verstoort u niet op den weg. 25En zij trokken op uit Egypte, en zij kwamen in het land Kanaan tot hun vader Jakob. 26Toen boodschapten zij hem, zeggende: Jozef leeft nog, ja, ook is hij regeerder in gans Egypteland! Toen bezweek zijn hart, want hij geloofde hen niet. 27Maar als zij tot hem gesproken hadden al de woorden van Jozef, die hij tot hen gesproken had, en dat hij de wagenen zag, die Jozef gezonden had om hem te voeren, zo werd de geest van Jakob hun vader, levendig. 28En Israel zeide: Het is genoeg! mijn zoon Jozef leeft nog! ik zal gaan, en hem zien, eer ik sterve!