1Then Joseph couldnât control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, âCause everyone to go out from me!â No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3Joseph said to his brothers, âI am Joseph! Does my father still live?â His brothers couldnât answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
4Joseph said to his brothers, âCome near to me, please.â They came near. He said, âI am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5Now donât be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6For 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.
7God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
8So now it wasnât 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.
9Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, âThis is what your son Joseph says, âGod has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Donât wait.
10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your childrenâs children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
11There 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.ââ
12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
13You 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.â
14He fell on his brother Benjaminâs neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.
16The report of it was heard in Pharaohâs house, saying, âJosephâs brothers have come.â It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17Pharaoh said to Joseph, âTell your brothers, âDo this: Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
18Take 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.â
19Now 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.
20Also, donât concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.â
21The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
23He 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.
24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, âSee that you donât quarrel on the way.â
25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
26They told him, saying, âJoseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.â His heart fainted, for he didnât believe them.
27They 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.
28Israel said, âIt is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.â