Earlier, when Joseph told Egyptians to get circumcised, he also converted them. Moses cared for them and took them out of Egypt. These were the "mixed multitude" who went together with the Jews out of Egypt. Since Joseph started their conversion process, he now merited to see the mitzvah to the end.
Even though the mixed multiple caused multiple troubles to the Jewish people, they nevertheless represent the purpose for which the Jews ended up in the dispersion - to collect these souls and bring them back.
Art: The Water of the Nile by Frederick Goodall
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