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Genesis 45:4-15

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.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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 a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

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:

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:

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

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.

And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

Purity in the Life of Joseph >  Joseph's Purity in His Actions  >  Forgiving His Brothers
Joseph's Vision >  Joseph's Rise to Power  >  Joseph's forgiveness and reconciliation with his brothers.
The Call to Reconcile with Others >  Biblical Examples of Reconciliation  >  Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph in Egypt: Trials and Triumph >  Joseph's Reconciliation with His Brothers  >  Joseph Forgives His Brothers and Provides for His Family
Joseph's Betrayal by His Brothers >  Conclusion: From Betrayal to Blessing  >  Joseph's forgiveness and reconciliation with his brothers
The Realization of Joseph's Vision >  Conclusion: The Sovereign Plan of God  >  Joseph's forgiveness and reconciliation with his brothers
The Vision of Joseph >  Joseph's Forgiveness: Reconciliation with His Brothers  >  Joseph reveals his identity and forgives his brothers
Joseph's Dreams and Betrayal >  The Fulfillment of Joseph's Dreams  >  Joseph's forgiveness and reconciliation with his brothers
The Life of Joseph >  Joseph's Forgiveness: Reconciliation with Brothers  >  Joseph's Forgiveness
Joseph's Trials and Tribulations >  Joseph's Forgiveness and Reconciliation  >  The forgiveness - Joseph forgives his brothers and provides for his family.
Lessons from Joseph's Vision >  Faithfulness in Trials  >  Joseph did not take revenge on his brothers, but forgave them. Forgiveness is a mark of true faith.
Biblical Examples of Self-Discipline >  The Discipline of Joseph  >  Joseph's Forgiveness
Joseph's Favor >  Joseph's Favor and Forgiveness  >  Joseph's forgiveness and favor towards his brothers
Learning from Positive Examples in the Bible >  Joseph: The Example of Integrity and Forgiveness  >  Joseph's Forgiveness towards his Brothers
Joseph's Trials: The Pit and The Prison >  Lessons from Joseph's Trials  >  The power of forgiveness and reconciliation