OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 45:4

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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.

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Verse 4. Nearer; that no one might hear what he was going to say respecting their fault. Menochius.—It is thus we ought to treat those who have injured us. He excuses his brethren as much as possible. Bible. See Calmet. 50:20.

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