Populiarios Biblijos eilutės iš Genesis 45

Dalintis

Do not be afraid, and let it not seem to you to be a hardship that you sold me into these regions. For God sent me before you into Egypt for your salvation.

I was sent here, not by your counsel, but by the will of God. He has caused me to be like a father to Pharaoh, and to be the lord of his entire house, as well as governor throughout all the land of Egypt.

And God sent me ahead, so that you may be preserved upon the earth, and so that you would be able to have food in order to live.

And he said to them mildly, "Approach toward me." And when they had approached close by, he said: "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, in which there can be neither plowing, nor reaping.

And he said to his brothers: "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" His brothers were unable to respond, being terrified by a very great fear.