Genesis 43:31
He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”
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Genesis 43:31
He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”
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Genesis 43:30
Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.
Genesis 45:1
Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
Genesis 45:2
He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Genesis 45:3
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
Genesis 45:4
Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:5
Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Isaiah 42:14
“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
Esther 5:10
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
Jeremiah 31:16
Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
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Genesis 43:25
They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis 43:32
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians don’t eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 43:33
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another.
Genesis 43:34
He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
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