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Genesis 45:23-27 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23. And to his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys carrying the best of Egypt, and ten donkeys carrying grain and food and provisions for his father for the journey.

24. Then he sent his brothers away, and when they departed he said to them, “Do not be agitated on the journey.”

25. So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.

26. And they spoke to him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart went numb, because he did not believe him.

27. Then they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them. And when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, then the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

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