and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Then his brothers themselves came and bowed down before him. "Here we are before you as your slaves," they said.

Jesus spoke to them at once. "Courage!" he said. "It is I. Don't be afraid!"

"Who are you, Lord?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you persecute," the voice said.