Now therfore whẽ I come to thy servaunt my father/ yf the lad be
not with me: seinge that his lyfe hãgeth by the laddes lyfe/ then as
soone as he seeth that the lad is not come/ he will dye. So shall we
thy servaũtes brynge the gray hedde of thy servaunt oure father
with sorow vnto the grave. For I thy servaunt became suertie for the
lad vnto my father & sayde: yf I bringe him not vnto the agayne. I
will bere the blame all my life lõge. Now therfore let me thy servaunt
byde here for y^e lad/ & be my lordes bondman: & let the lad goo home
with his brethern. For how can I goo vnto my father/ and the lad not
wyth me: lest I shulde see the wretchednes that shall come on my
father.
The .xlv. Chapter.
And Ioseph coude no longer refrayne before all them that stode aboute
him/ but commaunded that they shuld goo all out from him/ and that
there shuld be no man with him/ whyle he vttred him selfe vnto his
brethern. And he wepte alowde/ so that the Egiptians and the house of
Pharao herde it. And he sayde vnto his brethern: I am Ioseph: doth my
father yet lyue? But his brethern coude not answere him/ for they were
abasshed at his presence.
And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethern: come nere to me/ and they came
nere. And he sayde: I am Ioseph youre brother whom ye sold in to
Egipte. And now be not greued therwith/ nether let it seme a cruel
thinge in youre eyes/ that ye solde me hither. For God dyd send me
before you to saue lyfe. For this is the seconde yere of derth in the
lande/ and fyue moo are behynde in which there shall nether be earynge
nor hervest.
Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision/ that ye myghte
continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance.
So now it was not ye that sent me hither/ but God: and he hath made me
father vnto Pharao and lorde ouer all his house/ and rueler in all the
land of Egipte. Hast you ãd goo to my father and tell him/ this sayeth
thy sonne Ioseph: God hath made me lorde ouer all Egipte. Come downe
vnto me and tarye not/ And thou shalt dwell in the londe of Gosan & be
by me: both thou and thi childern/ and thi childerns childern: and thy
shepe/ and beestes and all that thou hast. There will I make provision
for the: for there remayne yet v yeres of derth/ lest thou and thi
houshold and all that thou hast perish.
Beholde/ youre eyes do se/ and the eyes also of my brother Ben Iamin/
that I speake to you by mouth. Therfore tell my father of all my
honoure which I haue in Egipte and of all that ye haue sene/ ãd make
hast and brynge my father hither.
¶ And he fell on his brother Ben Iamĩs necke & wepte/ & Ben Iamin
wepte on his necke. Moreouer he kyssed all his brethern and wepte apon
them. And after that/ his brethern talked with him. And when the
tidynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Iosephes brethern were
come/ it pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes.
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