3 Joseph said to his brothers: »I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?« His brothers could not answer him because they were afraid of him.

4 »Please come closer to me,« Joseph said to his brothers. They came closer. He said: »I am Joseph, the brother you sold into slavery in Egypt!

5 »Dear brothers, do not be sad or angry with yourselves that you sold me. God sent me ahead of you to save lives.