“Come closer to me,” Joseph told his brothers. When they had done so, he said: “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
Midianite traders passed by, and they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern. They sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
At once [Jesus] spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Then his brothers also proceeded to fling themselves down before him and said, “We are your slaves!”
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him