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    "language": "en",
    "book": "genesis",
    "chapter": 45
  },
  "data": {
    "n": 45,
    "bookSlug": "genesis",
    "bookCode": "GEN",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "Joseph reveals himself to his brothers + Pharaoh invites Jacob to Egypt",
    "translation": null,
    "segments": [],
    "lines": [],
    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "GEN-45:1",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.1",
        "text": "Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood before him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "GEN-45:2",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.2",
        "text": "And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "GEN-45:3",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.3",
        "text": "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "GEN-45:4",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.4",
        "text": "And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "GEN-45:5",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.5",
        "text": "And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "GEN-45:6",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.6",
        "text": "For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "GEN-45:7",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.7",
        "text": "And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "GEN-45:8",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.8",
        "text": "So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "GEN-45:9",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.9",
        "text": "Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;"
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "GEN-45:10",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.10",
        "text": "and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children`s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "GEN-45:11",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.11",
        "text": "and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "GEN-45:12",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.12",
        "text": "And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "GEN-45:13",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.13",
        "text": "And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "GEN-45:14",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.14",
        "text": "And he fell upon his brother Benjamin`s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "GEN-45:15",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.15",
        "text": "And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "GEN-45:16",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.16",
        "text": "And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh`s house, saying, Joseph`s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "GEN-45:17",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.17",
        "text": "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;"
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "GEN-45:18",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.18",
        "text": "and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "GEN-45:19",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.19",
        "text": "Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "GEN-45:20",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.20",
        "text": "Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "GEN-45:21",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.21",
        "text": "And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "GEN-45:22",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.22",
        "text": "To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "GEN-45:23",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.23",
        "text": "And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "GEN-45:24",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.24",
        "text": "So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "GEN-45:25",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.25",
        "text": "And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "GEN-45:26",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.26",
        "text": "And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "GEN-45:27",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.27",
        "text": "And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:"
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "GEN-45:28",
        "verseRef": "Gen.45.28",
        "text": "and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die."
      }
    ]
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