The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: brethren.
GEN 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh
heard.
GEN 45:3 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.
GEN 45:4 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.
GEN 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
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