²⁶ They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.

²⁸ and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

³⁵ All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead or the grave.} to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

⁴¹ While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

³⁴ saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"

¹¹ These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.

⁷ "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

¹ > When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream.

²¹ He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;

²⁴ I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.

¹⁶ If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.

⁸ So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

⁹ Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

³⁸ He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him by the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

³⁶ Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."