“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:
28 And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will
go and see him before I die.” (Ge 45:1-28 AV)
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