He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Shim`on from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Ya`akov's sons, Shim`on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
May El Shaddai give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Binyamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.*
He said, *Shalom be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money.* He brought Shim`on out to them.
Then Yosef couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, *Cause every man to go out from me!* No one else stood with him, while Yosef made himself known to his brothers.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
For we don't have a Kohen Gadol who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.