“IS MY FATHER REALLY ALIVE?” Joseph said. (He spoke Hebrew with a slight Egyptian accent.)
The brothers couldn’t answer. What had just happened was impossible. How could the great lord say he was their brother? Was he testing them? Was he joking? Was he out of his mind? And how had he learned their humble language? Their minds whirled with unanswerable questions. They were stupefied. All they could do was stare.
“Come closer to me,” Joseph said. And when they came closer: “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.”