1 Then Joseph couldn’t control himself
before all those who stood before him, and
he called out, “Cause everyone to go out
from me!” No one else stood with him,
while Joseph made himself known to his
brothers.
2 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard,
and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am
Joseph! Does my father still live?”
His brothers couldn’t answer him; for
they were terrified at his presence.
4 Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near
to me, please.”
They came near. He said, “I am Joseph,
your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5 Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with
yourselves, that you sold me here, for God
sent me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years the famine has
been in the land, and there are yet five
years, in which there will be no plowing
and no harvest.
7 God sent me before you to preserve for
you a remnant in the earth, and to save you
alive by a great deliverance.
8 So now it wasn’t you who sent me here,
but God, and he has made me a father to
Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler
over all the land of Egypt.
9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell
him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says,
“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come
down to me. Don’t wait.
10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen,
and you will be near to me, you, your children,
your children’s children, your flocks,
your herds, and all that you have.
11 There I will provide for you; for there
are yet five years of famine; lest you come
to poverty, you, and your household, and
all that you have.” ’
12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of
my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth
that speaks to you.
13 You shall tell my father of all my glory
in Egypt, and of all that you have seen.
You shall hurry and bring my father down
here.” 14 He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck
and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on
them. After that his brothers talked with
him.
16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s
house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have
come.” It pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your
brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals, and
go, travel to the land of Canaan.
18 Take your father and your households,
and come to me, and I will give you the
good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat
the fat of the land.’ 19 Now you are commanded to do this:
Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for
your little ones, and for your wives, and
bring your father, and come.
20 Also, don’t concern yourselves about
your belongings, for the good of all the
land of Egypt is yours.”
21 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave
them wagons, according to the commandment
of Pharaoh, and gave them provision
for the way.
22 He gave each one of them changes of
clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three
hundred pieces of silver and five changes
of clothing.
23 He sent the following to his father:
ten donkeys loaded with the good things
of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded
with grain and bread and provision for his
father by the way.
24 So he sent his brothers away, and they
departed. He said to them, “See that you
don’t quarrel on the way.”
25 They went up out of Egypt, and came
into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their
father.
26 They told him, saying, “Joseph is still
alive, and he is ruler over all the land of
Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t
believe them.
27 They told him all the words of Joseph,
which he had said to them. When he
saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father,
revived.
28 Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my
son is still alive. I will go and see him
before I die.”
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