...troubled at his presence, Joseph said to them, " Come near to me, I pray you: and they came near him, and he said, ' I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold...with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; for God sent me before you to preserve life, to preserve your posterity in the earth, and to save your lives...

...On this ground, Joseph administered comfort, rather than rebuke to his wicked and cruel brethren. " Now therefore, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves...for God did send me before you to preserve life." " As for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good." You acted a criminal part ;...

...answer him ; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto bis brethren, come near to roe I pray you : and they came near. And he said I am Joseph your brother, whom y« sold into Egypt. Now therefore, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold noe hither...

...Character of Joseph. GENESIS, xlv. 5. 8. Now therefore be_not grieved nor angry with yourselves thai 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 God. 288 SERMON XII. On the Character of Hazael. 2 KINGS,...

...his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, ome near to we, 1 pray you : and they came ncnr. he said, Nay, my lord, thnu man of God, do not lie unto thine h Joseph sends for lim fallier. GENESIS. Jacob goes into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor •anery...

...from his brethren ! but ke scarcely mentions the crime, so eager is he to announce the pardon : *' and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold...for God did send me before you to preserve life." Hear David : "they rewarded me evil for good, to thejspoiling of my soul. But as for me, when they...

...mentions the crime, so eager is he to announce the pardon : " and he said, I am Joseph your brother, \vhom ye sold into Egypt: 'now therefore be not grieved,...for God did send me before you to preserve life." Hear David : ''they rewarded me evil for good, to thejspoiling of my soul. But as for me, when they...

...father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 yottr brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Joseph sendifor his father. 5 Now therefore be not grieved,...

...slave. Then Joseph wept aloud and said to them, "I ai^ seph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt, Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye...hither. For God did send me before you to preserve life; so it was not you that sent me hither, but God. Haste then and say to my father, Come down to me, tarry...

...my father yet live 1 And hit brethren could not answer him : far they were troubled at hit pretence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, come near to me,...I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joteph your brother, whom ye told into Egypt. YOU have heard how Jiulah pleaded for Benjamin, and offered...