Saturday in Season after Pentecost

19Verse 19. For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20Verse 20. Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. 21Verse 21. And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

1Verse 1. Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2Verse 2. But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it. 3Verse 3. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence. 4Verse 4. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! 5Verse 5. And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. 6Verse 6. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7Verse 7. God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8Verse 8. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh — lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9Verse 9. Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. 10Verse 10. You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me— you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own. 11Verse 11. And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’ 12Verse 12. Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you. 13Verse 13. Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.” 14Verse 14. Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced. 15Verse 15. Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him. 16Verse 16. When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. 17Verse 17. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan. 18Verse 18. Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’ 19Verse 19. You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back. 20Verse 20. But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”