^{1 Ref} Then Joseph, unable to keep back his feelings before those who were with him, gave orders for everyone to be sent away, and no one was present when he made clear to his brothers who he was.

^{2 Ref} And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.

^{3 Ref} And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

^{4 Ref} Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

^{5 Ref} Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

^{6 Ref} For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

^{7 Ref} God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

^{8 Ref} So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

^{9 Ref} Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

^{10 Ref} The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

^{11 Ref} And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

^{12 Ref} Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

^{13 Ref} Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

^{14 Ref} Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.

^{15 Ref} Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.

^{16 Ref} And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

^{17 Ref} And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

^{18 Ref} And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

^{19 Ref} And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

^{20 Ref} And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

^{21 Ref} And the children of Israel did as he said; and Joseph gave them carts as had been ordered by Pharaoh, and food for their journey.

^{22 Ref} To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

^{23 Ref} And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.

^{24 Ref} And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

²⁵ So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

^{26 Ref} And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.

^{27 Ref} And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:

^{28 Ref} And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

^{1 Ref} And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

^{2 Ref} and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.

^{3 Ref} And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I `am' Joseph, is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.

^{4 Ref} And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

^{5 Ref} and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

^{6 Ref} `Because these two years the famine `is' in the heart of the land, and yet `are' five years, `in' which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

^{7 Ref} and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

^{8 Ref} and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

^{9 Ref} `Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

^{10 Ref} and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

^{11 Ref} and I have nourished thee there -- for yet `are' five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

^{12 Ref} `And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that `it is' my mouth which is speaking unto you;

^{13 Ref} and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

^{14 Ref} And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;

^{15 Ref} and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

^{16 Ref} And the sound hath been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, `Come have the brethren of Joseph;' and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,

^{17 Ref} and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

^{18 Ref} and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.

^{19 Ref} `Yea, thou -- thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come;

^{20 Ref} and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt `is' yours.'

^{21 Ref} And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph giveth waggons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he giveth to them provision for the way;

^{22 Ref} to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments;

^{23 Ref} and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way.

^{24 Ref} And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.'

²⁵ And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,

^{26 Ref} and they declare to him, saying, `Joseph `is' yet alive,' and that he `is' ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them.

^{27 Ref} And they speak unto him all the words of Joseph, which he hath spoken unto them, and he seeth the waggons which Joseph hath sent to bear him away, and live doth the spirit of Jacob their father;

^{28 Ref} and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son `is' yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'