1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that
stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood
no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
2 And
he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And
his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near.
And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt.
5 Now
therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither:
for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For
these two years hath the famine been in
the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing
nor harvest.
7 And
God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save
your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So
now it was not
you that sent
me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste
ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God
hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And
thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou,
and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds,
and all that thou hast:
11 And
there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and
thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12 And,
behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my
mouth that speaketh unto you.
13 And
ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen;
and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And
he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his
neck.
15 Moreover
he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked
with him.
16 And
the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are
come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts,
and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And
take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the
good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now
thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for
your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Also
regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And
the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To
all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three
hundred pieces of
silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And
to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the
good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for
his father by the way.
24 So
he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that
ye fall not out by the way.
25 And
they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their
father,
26 And
told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor
over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them
not.
27 And
they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he
saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their
father revived:
