Genesis 45:3-7

New King James Version

³ Then Joseph said to his brothers, ^(A)“I am Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence. ⁴ And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, ^(B)whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; ^(C)for God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶ For these two years the ^(D)famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. ⁷ And God ^(E)sent me before you to preserve a ^[a]posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.