[1] Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by
him; and he cried, "Make every one go out from me." So no one stayed with
him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. [2] And he wept aloud,
so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. [3]
And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph; is my father still alive?"
But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his
presence. [4] So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, I pray
you." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you
sold into Egypt. [5] And now do not be distressed, or angry with
yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to
preserve life. [6] For the famine has been in the land these two years; and
there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor
harvest. [7] And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on
earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. [8] So it was not you who
sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of
all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. [9] Make haste and go
up to my father and say to him, `Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me
lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry; [10] you shall dwell in
the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and
your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you
have; [11] and there I will provide for you, for there are yet five years
of famine to come; lest you and your household, and all that you have, come
to poverty.' [12] And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. [13] You must tell my
father of all my splendor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Make
haste and bring my father down here." [14] Then he fell upon his brother
Benjamin's neck and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. [15] And he
kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers
talked with him. [16] When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house,
"Joseph's brothers have come," it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.
[17] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, `Do this: load your
beasts and go back to the land of Canaan; [18] and take your father and
your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land
of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.' [19] Command them also,
`Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for
your wives, and bring your father, and come. [20] Give no thought to your
goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'" [21] The sons of
Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of
Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. [22] To each and all of
them he gave festal garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels
of silver and five festal garments. [23] To his father he sent as follows:
ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded
with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. [24] Then
he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not
quarrel on the way." [25] So they went up out of Egypt, and came to the
land of Canaan to their father Jacob. [26] And they told him, "Joseph is
still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart
fainted, for he did not believe them. [27] But when they told him all the
words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob
revived; [28] and Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive;
I will go and see him before I die."
