...father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer him : for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me,...came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whoni ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold...

...observations upon providence, or the government of God in the arrangement and production of human events. l~ Now, therefore, be not grieved, nor angry •with...; for God did send me before you to preserve life. — And God -sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by...

...my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him: for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me,...yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me befone you to preserve life." This was as much as to say, "Though you meant to destroy a brother's...

...not answer him : for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said to his brethren, come near me, I pray you : and they came near, and he said I...Joseph— your brother — whom ye sold into Egypt.' Nothing certainly can be a more lively description of Joseph's tender respect for his father, and love...

...referring the events of his life to the hand of GOD. - — " Now, therefore, be not grieved, nor aagry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; for, GOD did send me before you, to preserve life :" — " so now it was not you that sent me hither, but Gon."* * Profane History furnishes a similar...

...known to his brethren in Egypt, said, " Now " therefore be not grieved, nor angry .with your" selves, that ye sold me hither : for God did *' send me before you to preserve life." And Peter, addressing the men who killed the Prince of jLife, said, " And now, brethren, I wot that...

...'him; for they were troubled at his" presence. And " Joseph said unto his brethren, come near to me, t pray " you ; and they came near : and he said, I am Joseph '•your UUOTIIER, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now '•therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, •'...

...my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his r esence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me,...Joseph, your brother whom ye sold into Egypt."— —"And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck." "And Joseph...

...and in a great measure imputing to them the prosperity he then enjoyed. "Now, therefore,'* says he, " be not grieved nor angry with " yourselves that ye..." God did send me before you to preserve " life." He taught them a lesson, which all mankind should learn — that even the passions and vices of men...

...saying, my counsel shall stand, and I will do "all my pleasure." (Isaiah XLVI, 10.) "Now there " fore, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that "...for God did send me before you " to preserve life." (Genesis XLV, 5.) "Him, be" ing delivered by the determinate counsel and fore" knowledge of God, ye...