Bible verse
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
Genesis 45:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 45.
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.
2 But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
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.
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!
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.
6 For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
KJV
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
ASV
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
ERV
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
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