Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants, so he called out, ‘Send everyone away from me! ’ No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.
At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, ‘King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.’ The king said, ‘Silence! ’ and all his attendants left him.
‘Bring the meal to the bedroom,’ Amnon told Tamar, ‘so I can eat from your hand.’ Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.