²⁶ 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.

²⁸ The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

⁴¹ And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

³⁴ And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.

¹¹ But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

⁷ I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

¹ <A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;

²⁴ I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

¹⁶ If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

⁸ 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 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:

³⁸ And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.