Then Joseph could
not control
himself before all
those who stood
by him, and he cried
, "Have everyone
go
out from me." So there 1was no
man
with him awhen Joseph
made
himself known
to his brothers
.
aHe 1wept so loudly
that the Egyptians
heard
it, and the household
of Pharaoh
heard
of it.
Then Joseph said
to his brothers
, " aI am Joseph
! bIs my father
still
alive
?" But his brothers
could
not answer
him, for cthey were dismayed
at his presence
.
Then Joseph said
to his brothers
, "Please
come
1closer
to me." And they came
1closer
. And he said
, "I am your brother
Joseph
, whom
you asold
into Egypt
.
"Now do not be grieved
or angry
1with yourselves
, because
ayou sold
me here
, for bGod
sent
me before
you to preserve
life
.
"For the famine has been in the land
athese
two years
, and there are still
five
years
in which
there
will be neither
plowing
nor
harvesting
.
" aGod sent
me before
you to preserve
for you a remnant
in the earth
, and to keep
you alive
by a great
1deliverance
.
"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent
me here
, but God
; and He has made
me a afather
to Pharaoh
and lord
of all
his household
and ruler
over all
the land
of Egypt
.
"Hurry and go
up to my father
, and asay
to him, `Thus
says
your son
Joseph
, "God
has made
me lord
of all
Egypt
; come
down
to me, do not delay
.
"You shall 1live in the land
of aGoshen
, and you shall be near
me, you and your children
and your children's
children
and your flocks
and your herds
and all
that you have.
"There I will also aprovide
for you, for there are still
five
years
of famine
to come, and you and your household
and all
that you have would be impoverished
."'
"Behold, your eyes
see
, and the eyes
of my brother
Benjamin
see, that it is my mouth
which is speaking
to you.
"Now you must tell my father
of all
my splendor
in Egypt
, and all
that you have seen
; and you must hurry
and abring
my father
down
here
."
Then he fell on his brother
Benjamin's
neck
and awept
, and Benjamin
wept
on his neck
.
He kissed all
his brothers
and wept
on them, and afterward
his brothers
talked
with him.
Now when athe 1news was heard
in Pharaoh's
house
2that Joseph's
brothers
had come
, it 3pleased
Pharaoh
and his servants
.
Then Pharaoh said
to Joseph
, "Say
to your brothers
, `Do
this
: load
your beasts
and 1go
to the land
of Canaan
,
and take your father
and your households
and come
to me, and aI will give
you the 1best
of the land
of Egypt
and you will eat
the fat
of the land
.'
"Now you are ordered, `Do
this
: 1take
awagons
from the land
of Egypt
for your little
ones
and for your wives
, and bring
your father
and come
.
`Do not 1concern yourselves
with your goods
, for the 2best
of all
the land
of Egypt
is yours.' "
Then the sons of Israel
did
so
; and Joseph
gave
them awagons
according
to the 1command
of Pharaoh
, and gave
them provisions
for the journey
.
To 1each of them he gave
achanges
of garments
, but to Benjamin
he gave
three
hundred
pieces of silver
and bfive
changes
of garments
.
To his father he sent
1as follows
: ten
donkeys
loaded
with the 2best
things
of Egypt
, and ten
female
donkeys
loaded
with grain
and bread
and sustenance
for his father
3on the journey
.
So he sent his brothers
away
, and 1as they departed
, he said
to them, "Do not 2quarrel
on the journey
."
Then they went up from Egypt
, and came
to the land
of Canaan
to their father
Jacob
.
They told him, saying
, "Joseph
is still
alive
, and indeed
he is ruler
over all
the land
of Egypt
." But 1he was stunned
, for ahe did not believe
them.
When they told him all
the words
of Joseph
that he had spoken
to them, and when he saw
the awagons
that Joseph
had sent
to carry
him, the spirit
of their father
Jacob
revived
.
Then Israel said
, "It is enough
; my son
Joseph
is still
alive
. I will go
and see
him before
I die
."