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Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?