GENESIS 45
45
Josef sê vir sy broers wie hy is
1Josef kon homself nie langer bedwing voor die mense wat hom bedien het nie. Hy het hulle almal beveel om van hom af weg te gaan, en daar was van dié wat hom gedien het, nie een by hom toe hy hom aan sy broers bekend gemaak het nie. 2Hy het so hard gehuil dat die Egiptenaars en die mense in die farao se paleis dit gehoor het. 3Toe sê Josef vir sy broers: “Ek is Josef. Leef Pa werklik nog?”
Sy broers kon hom nie antwoord nie, hulle was te bang vir hom. 4Maar hy het vir hulle gesê: “Kom na my toe!” en toe hulle nader kom, sê hy: “Ek is julle broer Josef. Julle het my verkoop, en ek is Egipte toe gebring. 5Maar julle moet nou nie sleg voel of bang wees omdat julle my verkoop het nie, want God het my voor julle uit gestuur om lewens te red. 6Dit is nou maar die tweede jaar van hongersnood in die land. Daar lê nog vyf jaar voor waarin daar nie geploeg of geoes sal word nie. 7God het my voor julle uit gestuur om vir julle 'n oorblyfsel in hierdie land te laat oorbly, om julle aan die lewe te hou en sodat baie aan die dood sal ontkom. 8Dis nie júlle wat my hierheen gestuur het nie, maar God. Hy het my laat aanstel as die farao se raadgewer en as bevelhebber oor sy huis en as regeerder oor die hele Egipte. 9Gaan dadelik na Pa toe en sê vir hom: ‘So sê Pa se seun Josef: God het my aangestel as regeerder oor die hele Egipte. Kom na my toe. Moenie talm nie, 10kom bly in die Gosenstreek. Dan is Pa naby my: Pa en Pa se seuns en kleinseuns, die kleinvee en grootvee en alles wat Pa besit. 11Ek sal vir Pa daar onderhou, want daar lê nog vyf jaar hongersnood voor. So sal Pa nie verarm nie: Pa en Pa se familie en almal by Pa.’ 12Julle sien self, en my broer Benjamin sien dit ook: dis ek wat met julle praat. 13Julle moet vir Pa vertel van al my mag hier in Egipte en van alles wat julle gesien het. Maak gou en bring vir Pa hierheen.”
14Toe omhels Josef sy broer Benjamin en hy huil; ook Benjamin het op sy broer se skouer gestaan en huil. 15Josef het al sy broers gesoen en daar by hulle gestaan en huil. Eers daarna het sy broers met hom begin praat. 16Die mense het dit in die farao se paleis gehoor en gesê: “Josef se broers het gekom.”
Die farao en sy amptenare het dit goedgevind, 17en hy het vir Josef gesê: “Sê vir jou broers: So moet julle nou optree: saal julle rydiere op en gaan na Kanaän toe. 18Kry julle vader en julle gesinne en kom hier na my toe. Ek sal julle die beste deel van Egipte gee en julle sal die room van die land geniet. 19Jy moet hulle beveel: So moet julle optree: vat vir julle uit Egipte waens saam vir julle kinders en vrouens en laat julle vader op 'n wa ry en kom hierheen. 20Moenie sleg voel oor wat julle nie kan saambring nie, want julle sal hier die beste kry van wat Egipte het.”
21Die seuns van Israel het toe so gemaak. Josef het waens vir hulle saamgegee soos die farao beveel het. Josef het ook vir hulle padkos saamgegee. 22Hy het vir elkeen nuwe klere gegee, maar vir Benjamin het hy vyf stelle nuwe klere en nog drie en 'n half kilogram silwer gegee. 23Vir sy pa het hy tien donkies gestuur waarop die beste ware van Egipte gelaai was en tien donkiemerries waarop die beste koring en graan en kos gelaai was. Dit moes dien as padkos vir sy pa. 24So het Josef sy broers teruggestuur, en by hulle vertrek het hy vir hulle gesê: “Moenie langs die pad bang word en begin twyfel nie.”
25Hulle is toe uit Egipte weg en het in Kanaän by hulle pa Jakob aangekom. 26Hulle het vir hom gesê: “Josef leef nog. Hy regeer oor die hele Egipte.”
Jakob was stomgeslaan. Hy het hulle nie geglo nie. 27Toe vertel hulle vir hulle pa alles wat Josef vir hulle gesê het, en eers toe hy die waens sien wat Josef gestuur het om hom te kom haal, het hy begin belang stel. 28En hulle pa Israel het gesê: “Ek verlang niks meer nie. My seun Josef leef, en ek wil hom net sien voor ek sterf.”
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Genesis 45
45
Joseph Makes Himself Known
1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.#45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
8“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. 9Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. 10You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. 11I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’
12“You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you. 13Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. 15And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.
16When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased. 17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, 18and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’
19“You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. 20Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’ ”
21So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. 22To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels#45:22 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms of silver and five sets of clothes. 23And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey. 24Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”
25So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. 26They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them. 27But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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