Genesis 45:2

He wept aloud.

Now at length all the love, which during twenty-two long years had been pent up in Joseph's heart, breaks forth with irrepressible might. It must have been startling to the Hebrew brethren to see the august governor suddenly burst forth in loud weeping.

The house of Pharaoh heard.

The personal attendants of Pharaoh. The report would go at once to the king. The loud weeping of Joseph is exactly the character of the people of Asia. Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports, and their transports are unrestrained. When any one returns from. long journey, or dies, his family burst. into cries that may be heard many rods away, and this is often renewed at intervals for many days.